CodeIgniter future with PHP5

[eluser]thurting[/eluser]
The short answer is NO. However, the dev team has stated that as 4 gets phased out they will obviously switch to 5. This may take years though.

The good news, CI is compatible with 4 and 5, so you can use it and code all of your classes in 5. However, the core is coded in 4, so it doesn't take advantage of any of the features of 5. You may want to check out Kohana. Kohana began as CI ported to 5 strict.

You may also want to check out other frameworks. Zend Framework is nice and has a pretty huge 1.5 milestone around the corner. The quality of the code and documentation is excellent.

BTW, I'm getting tire of hearing "Many web hostings don’t offer PHP 5 yet." If your host doesn't offer 5, then they are not a good host. I understand if you are running servers in house and haven't yet upgraded, but if you are purchasing hosting 5 should be expected. It is 3 1/2 yrs old.