Discussion: PHP 5.2.2 and changes / SVN WB 2.8.1 to WB 2.8.2

[Waldschwein]

Hello!

This should be a discussion thread according to this announcement http://www.websitebaker2.org/posts/websitebaker-to-discontinue-support-for-php-versions-below-5.2.2-17.php . If you have any question, please ask here.
If you're testing current SVN also report here your reports - if you can understand German language the "better" topic would be http://www.websitebaker2.org/forum/index.php/topic,18362.0.html

Yours Michael

[bupaje]

I am a bit confused. I asked Yahoo to upgrade to the latest release and they upgraded to 5.2.12 which would seem to be older{?) than 5.2.2 but the release date for 5.2.12 was 17 December 2009 and the release for 5.2.2 was 03 May 2007. Am I ok with 5.2.12?

[DarkViper]

No reason to be confused..  

All PHP-Version equal or greater then 5.2.2 will work. Also PHP 5.3.x

yours 5.2.12 is definitely greater then 5.2.2....  

[Waldschwein]

Hello!

5.2.2 is the first secure release of PHP5.2. Everything that was released later (5.2.3, 5.2.4, ... 5.2.11, 5.2.12, 5.2.xy) is absolutely ok.
It seems, that the first "secure & stable" release of PHP 5.3 - 5.3.2 - was released these days. Of course you are also fine with 5.3.x if you have at least WB 2.8.1 running.

Yours Michael

[bupaje]

Thanks. The version number seemed weird. Looking at it as a decimal you would think

5.2.12

is before

5.2.20

but glad to hear I am ok.

[quinto]

Great !! I'm very interested by the "secureform" functions, will it be necessary even for the backend ?
Are the "secureforms" new functions are already implemented in the core modules of the 2.8.2 version ?

[DarkViper]

scureform is part of the core and it's function are already implemented in some recoded backend modules. By the time any form and all scripts, with save/update functionality, should be protected with.

[PurpleEdge]

Is there a target release date for 2.8.2 ?

[Waldschwein]

It will be most likely in Q3 / 2010. Sorry - we can't give a more precisely date...

Yours Michael