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PHP dying? gophp5.org PHP4 end of life: no more feature releases since end of 2007 No more security releases after 8 Aug 2008
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Drupal system requirements: past, present and future
Jeremy Epstein18 May 2008
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Drupal is built on the shoulders of giants
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PHP dying? gophp5.org PHP4 end of life:
no more feature releases since end of 2007
No more security releases after 8 Aug 2008
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When Past Present Future
Drupal 5.x 6.x 7.x
PHP Version >= 4.3.5 >= 4.3.5 >= 5.2.0
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Proper OO
SimpleXML PDO
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MySQL: “the Drupal database” Lacking in
features Postgres:
neglected sibling More robust
Others: experimental support at best
SELECT *FROM {databases}WHERE name IN(
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When Past Present Future
Drupal 5.x 6.x 7.x
MySQL Version >= 4.1 >= 4.1.1 >= 5.0
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Drupal 7 will let you hammer in any old DBMS
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When the blocks fit together, anything is
possible