startup.php should be updated to account for the changes in PHP 5.4: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_4/NEWS?view=markup#l122

<cs278> bantu: do we not need to update this for 5.4: https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb3/blob/develop-olympus/phpBB/includes/startup.php#L101
<bantu> cs278: no idea
<bantu> i doubt it
<cs278> http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_4/NEWS?view=markup#l122
<igorw> yay!
<cs278> register_globals is gone too
<igorw> magic quotes and reg globals gone
<cs278> we could change that if condition to be < 5.4.0-dev
<bantu> cs278: we have to
<bantu> or does E_CORE_ERROR continue?
<bantu> probably now
<bantu> t
<cs278> bantu: ?
<bantu> if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '6.0.0-dev', '>=')) { } else

Unknown macro: { @set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); }

<bantu> results in E_CORE_ERROR on 5.4
<bantu> according to the page you linked
<bantu> cs278: ?
<bantu> am i missing something?
<bantu> so we have to adjust startup.php
<cs278> oh bantu I missed that
<bantu> cs278: please create a ticket for it
<bantu> set to 10-RC1 and blocker
<bantu> it's very unlikely they'll revert those changes in php