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Have you used or review OOP PHP 5 before ? if yes then please, what is your opinion on it ?.

I think it is gradually making php 4 (which is what is being majorly taught on NL) obsolete. Is it worth it learning PHP 4 again as many employers now request for web developer with OOP PHP 5 skill. Lastly, what advantage will developer with OOP PHP 5 has over his PHP 4 counterpart?

Let feel your pulse on this

I use oop 5.0, but then some of my clients have not upgraded their servers to 5.0 - so i need to downgrade my codes to php 4x.
But fact remains that php 4 is oop too, just that they have now improved on the oop aspect by adding interface classes, and all that.

Employers will alwayz want ppl they hire to know wat i s latest, while freelance like me - my task is just to get the job done (clients dont care how) - but i try to keep myself updated.

I have never posted any php 5 specific code on NL? anyway, u are mostly correct, php hav stopped supporting 4.0, it is now 5. My server uses php 5, but a lot of servers still use php 4 - i still make my reference 4.0 and use php 5 specific codes where necessary.

Better to tap into latest technology than to start writing very looong codes. Maybe i should stop supporting all clients who servers are not php 5.0 compatible!