Yes there are bugs, but mainly in the new areas. And they are being fixed. PHP 5 is more than 6 months old now in its stable release. Some bugs surely remains, but I would not call php5 a security hazard.
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.3
Well, as I said, I would like to stay, but PHP5 is my developement platform nowadays. I do use simplexml, the new DOM functions, exceptions, mysqli, etc.
I am developing a system that I hope to sell to 25 customers this spring. And since I've been very pleased with TCH I had hoped I could stay. It's as simple as that.
It might have sounded a bit harsch, but judging from the replies in this thread and others I had to do something to get a definitive reply. As I said, if I could not get a date when PHP5 would be available I am forced to leave. Everything up til now has been really vague.
Well, I probably will. But at least I think you would appreciate to know why a so far satisfied customer decides to leave.
Lars Gunther