PHP 4 seemed relatively easy to get to grips with after an initial hair-tearing out period. I have now been told that PHP 5 is a step toward making it as unpleasant to use as any Visual Studio style langauage. That is, it has an object model that you have to stick to and variables have to declared properly and so on….<\/p>\n

I thought the\u00c2\u00a0value of php was due to the way that any half-arsed\u00c2\u00a0neophyte could get a dynamic website running without\u00c2\u00a0having to worry\u00c2\u00a0about the demonic “object classes” and so on.<\/p>\n

Is it true that standard programming logic has replaced the pleasantly ad hoc nature of php4 coding? If so, how back-compatible is it? Can I continue writing illogical but fast php code or do I have to draw a dozen class diagrams before I start and decide the names and types of any variable I might choose to create before I start?<\/p>\n

On the plus side is it true that there is a short php5\u00c2\u00a0alternative to the dreaded dbConnector stuff? Is it really easy to set up?<\/p>\n

I want to know if it’s worth struggling with the new version in the hope it will have advantages, in the face of the fact that installing and configuring the thing is always the worst bit.<\/p>\n

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