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> Magento is not exactly known for well written code As are many/most PHP 5.6 projects > Probably their code should not be used. In reality it is - unfortuna
by naranha 7y ago
> Magento is not exactly known for well written code
As are many/most PHP 5.6 projects
> Probably their code should not be used.
In reality it is - unfortunately. And many smaller companies don't have the capacity to change.
- lolc 7y agoThose smaller companies will find out maintenance is costly either way.
- dehrmann 7y agoAnd it's worse than just maintenance cost. Do you think a good PHP dev wants to join a shop that's still on 5?
- reallydude 7y agoThere was nothing crippling about php5 when it came out, why would it matter now? Not having some nice-to-haves like null coalescing, return types, etc are not core features. The biggest php7 selling point was speed improvements, which isn't even on some lists (https://feryn.eu/blog/php-7-is-now-available-new-features-improvements/ https://feryn.eu/blog/php-7-is-now-available-new-features-im...)
- trilila 7y agoAgreed with both statements, but things need to move forward.