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Joe,
SitePoint is very unusual in that they took this long to migrate. If it was this past quarter that they moved they were _years_ behind the curve. A single site does not a statistic make (or break). So, no BS. Almost all development has been happening on PHP 5 for several years and almost all active websites migrated to 5 several years ago, a few stragglers notwithstanding.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:55 AM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] PHP Books at Sitepoint

I really wasn't going to press the point, but since you're going to start
flinging around statistics, I'm going to call BS. Let's go here:

http://www.azhowto.com/

It's a log of someone converting their production system from PHP4 to PHP5
way back in ... November! So at least as of Q4 this year people are still
switching. And this isn't a green screen dinosaur like me - LAMP How To
is a pretty tech savvy blog. In fact, the blogger is the Lead Web
Developer at (wait for it!) ... SitePoint!!!

So much for statistics.

As for your example of a Java 1.2 "going strong", the very page you send
us to has a big banner that says "There is a newer edition of this item".
With a link. That points to the Java SE 6 version of the book.

That's a far cry from a current promotion selling a PHP4 e-book.
Especially since it was recommended by Mike. I really wasn't trying to
make a big point of this, just letting people know what they're getting.
Really, to a newbie a PHP4 book isn't bad and for $20 it's a lot of good
training. But if you're going to come blast my comments, at least keep
the arguments relevant.

Joe

As of 2008 (the last year of support for PHP 4) there was a 50/50 split
between 4 and 5. As of right now it is 90-10, which basically means 100%
since that last 10 percent will be stagnant web sites. And you cannot
take what publishers are offering as an indication of adoption. If that
is the case then Java 1.2 is still going strong
http://www.amazon.com/Core-Java-1-2-1-Fundamentals/dp/0130819336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292430835&sr=8-1.

Kevin


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