CodeIgniter future with PHP5

[eluser]Lone[/eluser]
I think the best things about how CI is written is that it has the different 'bases' to start off at dependant on the version of PHP you are running.

From what I can gather the main core differences between 4 and 5 is the handling of objects (in both structure and speed) - but as CI has a different base for 4 and 5 the advantage of 5 is not diminished.

And I think that is the main reason for the influx of the "why don't you drop php4 support" questions - most of these people (including myself before I realised the different bases) feel that the framework is loosing its full potential by being backwards compatible for php4.

With the way these bases are implemented (and from the great style of coding I have seen from EllisLabs) I think there would be very little advantage of the framework being re-written/adjusted just for PHP5 - keep in mind most of the load is coming from your 'application' dir most of the time

CI is just the code that holds it all together for you - you choose to use the libraries/controllers/models/views that you want And these can be fully PHP5 only