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It was partly voted to skip the number 6 due to the numerous books available for sale that covered the original PHP 6 draft. This would cause confusion for peo
by Washuu 12y ago
It was partly voted to skip the number 6 due to the numerous books available for sale that covered the original PHP 6 draft. This would cause confusion for people attempting to learn the new specification.
Examples on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=PHP%206 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
The vote: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php6 https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php6
- aarondf 12y agoFrom the voting page: > The decimal system (or more accurately the infinite supply of numbers we have) makes it easy for us to skip a version, with plenty more left for future versions to come. Hard to argue with that!