PHP_MAJOR_VERSION? Screw it, I’ll do it myself.

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<?php

if (floor(phpversion()) >= 5)
{
    $this->load =& load_class('Loader');
    $this->load->_ci_autoloader();
}

Just to be clear, there’s nothing necessarily criminal about today’s code. Rather, it’s an example of code that could be written in a cleaner, more efficient manner. Today’s lesson might be, “Knowing your language is the path to better code.”

Now you know about PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, and knowing is half the battle.

Today’s snippet comes courtesy of an anonymous submitter.

UPDATE: Yeah, remember what I said about “Knowing your language …”? Well, I just got schooled. Commenter Josh Woody demonstrates how using PHP_MAJOR_VERSION wouldn’t really be any better, and his point is well taken. Since PHP_MAJOR_VERSION has only been available since PHP 5.2.7, it wouldn’t be much use in any version prior to 5.2.7. /facepalm.