Rants on code, security, randomness and games
As of version 5.3 of PHP, certain features and functions are [considered deprecated][1]. It comes with the territory. In major version changes, new features are added while old stuff is discarded. Unsurprisingly – and lucky for me, with that change in versions comes yet another WTF for me to rant about.
[1]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration53.deprecated.php
I recently installed [V.J. Catkick@’s Twitter Plugin for WordPress][1]. Shortly thereafter I noticed my [HTML validator Firefox Plugin][2] changing from a pleasing green check mark to a nasty red cross complaining about (X)HTML validation errors.
[1]: http://www.vjcatkick.com/?page_id=5475
[2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/html-validator/
I seriously have to double-check my upgrading policies. Only thanks to [Wordpress’ new requirements][1] have I decided to finally update this server.
Though I had to say goodbye to 526 days of uptime, I kinda feel better now knowing it’s not running on *Debian Etch* anymore.
[1]: http://wordpress.org/news/2011/07/are-you-ready-for-wordpress-3-2/