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(Then it leaves us with only TE in the PHP < 5.3 list..? Thorsten, can you elaborate..?)
That's the thing with PHP: some (not all!) changes may be backwards-incompatible. For instance, SMF 2.0.7 is a (pretty underwhelming) patch to mostly improve PHP 5.5 support because the 'e' modifier in PCRE was deprecated, and SMF relied heavily on that. Wedge was patched to the same effect about six months ago (by the same person, I suspect :P). Without these patches, the software would still work, but you'd be getting warnings all over your page. Not cool.
Unfortunately, the reverse is also true... If you try using new PHP features, older versions will give you errors (which isn't a problem for Wedge, except *before* the install process begins, as I painfully noticed today.)
So, basically, whenever you're using software that hasn't been updated in a while (they don't always need to), you're better off staying on your current PHP. All hosts use different ways of allowing users to upgrade; some will force it on them (good luck for old software), and I'm fine with that but I understand it'd be upsetting for those. Some will provide a setting in their panel to choose your default PHP. And some will only enable it if you contact their support team.
So, no worries, it's all good.
That's the whole idea. Wedge forces users to upgrade their PHP to newer, safer versions. If you can update to PHP 5.5, then be my guest. I do all of my local testing on PHP 5.5 these days, so Wedge is fully compatible between PHP 5.3 and 5.5. (5.6 alpha was released recently, and it doesn't break any compatibility in Wedge, so you can add that to the list.)
That's the thing with PHP: some (not all!) changes may be backwards-incompatible. For instance, SMF 2.0.7 is a (pretty underwhelming) patch to mostly improve PHP 5.5 support because the 'e' modifier in PCRE was deprecated, and SMF relied heavily on that. Wedge was patched to the same effect about six months ago (by the same person, I suspect :P). Without these patches, the software would still work, but you'd be getting warnings all over your page. Not cool.
Unfortunately, the reverse is also true... If you try using new PHP features, older versions will give you errors (which isn't a problem for Wedge, except *before* the install process begins, as I painfully noticed today.)
So, basically, whenever you're using software that hasn't been updated in a while (they don't always need to), you're better off staying on your current PHP. All hosts use different ways of allowing users to upgrade; some will force it on them (good luck for old software), and I'm fine with that but I understand it'd be upsetting for those. Some will provide a setting in their panel to choose your default PHP. And some will only enable it if you contact their support team.
So, no worries, it's all good.
That's the whole idea. Wedge forces users to upgrade their PHP to newer, safer versions. If you can update to PHP 5.5, then be my guest. I do all of my local testing on PHP 5.5 these days, so Wedge is fully compatible between PHP 5.3 and 5.5. (5.6 alpha was released recently, and it doesn't break any compatibility in Wedge, so you can add that to the list.)
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Off-topic / Re: Opinion on my new site format? Trying keep it simple...
Pandos « on December 19th, 2013, 09:15 PM »
So Wedge should be released very soon. Jan/Feb 2014 (Nao's timeshift :niark:).
And you can believe me: it's way more stable, feature complete and secure than SMF :)
There are some things under the hood that should have to be done first. But nothing that can stop you from taking Wedge to running your live site.
It's worth to wait. If not, I'll buy you a beer. :yahoo:
And you can believe me: it's way more stable, feature complete and secure than SMF :)
There are some things under the hood that should have to be done first. But nothing that can stop you from taking Wedge to running your live site.
It's worth to wait. If not, I'll buy you a beer. :yahoo:
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Off-topic / Re: Opinion on my new site format? Trying keep it simple...
Pandos « on December 19th, 2013, 08:40 PM »
So... you should stay at Wedge.
Because... :)
Because... :)
- It's possible to post to gallery and start a topic from there
- It's possible to change the layout of your board (e.g. Article/Blog/Forum)
AeMeWedge update is easy. You don't have to change a single line of code. (No more hassle with custom themes)- There is no other forum that will be feature complete as Wedge will be (it's a CMS where C stands for Community)
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The features of Facebook has dictated what people expect these days... unfortunately.
But I think we can make it better. Wedge has some great advantages over Facebook.
There are more features to come (e.g. streaming profiles). So stay tuned.
@Nao:
What do you think about not to drop the entire attachment system, but give the user a possibility (dropdown box) to upload this attachment as Item in AeMe while posting?