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I built a relatively simple system over 10 years ago that ran on PHP and MySQL. Over the years, the company I built the product for has come back to me to upgra
by Osiris 6y ago
I built a relatively simple system over 10 years ago that ran on PHP and MySQL. Over the years, the company I built the product for has come back to me to upgrade PHP and MySQL after a security scan. The problem is the software was build for PHP 5.4, and they want it running on the latest (7.4). It doesn't.
I managed to get it running on the latest security release of 7.1 with a few days of work (I had to make code changes in the framework I used that weren't supported in PHP 7 anymore). If they want future security upgrades, it's going to require a even more significant rewrite of the software because it relies on old PHP behaviours that have been removed in recent releases.
So, I completely understand why 20 year old systems would still rely on floppy disks.
- jacquesm 6y agoI charge my proofreaders a euro every time they miss 'built' spelled as 'built'. It's been a pretty steady money maker, that one. I make a ton of spelling errors as well so who am I to cast that particular stone but the built-with-a-t one seems particular hard to get rid of even when you know about it. Must be some cognitive blind spot.