Go PHP5

Update: All versions of Jojo from 1.0b1 require PHP5.2 or greater.
After very little discussion at all, we have decided to support the GoPHP5 initiative.

The idea

The GoPHP5 idea is an attempt to get web hosts to upgrade to PHP5 on their servers. Despite PHP5 being 3 years old, production ready, and in good use, web hosts cling to their trusty old PHP4 installation.

The problem

This poses a problem for many PHP developers - we can't use the latest features of PHP, or even features that are 3 years old. By removing support for PHP4 from our software, we can make use of better PHP features and produce a better CMS. The only thing holding us back to date is the fact that most hosts still have PHP4.

The Jojo team have been trying to decide on a date to discontinue PHP4 support, and the timing of GoPHP5 seems about right, and keeps us in line with other PHP projects.

February 5th 2008

So, as per the GoPHP5 initiative, from February 5th 2008, Jojo CMS will require PHP 5.2 or newer to be able to run. We will start making use of PHP5 specific features from this date forward.