CodeIgniter future with PHP5

[eluser]Edemilson Lima[/eluser]

However, the core is coded in 4, so it doesn’t take advantage of any of the features of 5.

Are you sure?

system/codeigniter/Base4.php:
* CI_BASE - For PHP 4
*
* This file is used only when CodeIgniter is being run under PHP 4.
*
* In order to allow CI to work under PHP 4 we had to make the Loader class
* the parent of the Controller Base class. It's the only way we can
* enable functions like $this->load->library('email') to instantiate
* classes that can then be used within controllers as $this->email->send()
*
* PHP 4 also has trouble referencing the CI super object within application
* constructors since objects do not exist until the class is fully
* instantiated. Basically PHP 4 sucks...

system/codeigniter/Base5.php:
* CI_BASE - For PHP 5
*
* This file contains some code used only when CodeIgniter is being
* run under PHP 5. It allows us to manage the CI super object more
* gracefully than what is possible with PHP 4.

If your host doesn’t offer 5, then they are not a good host.

I agree!