[PHP-DEV] file structure From: Stig Bakken (ssb <email protected>)
Date: 03/30/99

Back when we were going to release 3.1, we re-structred all the files. At
the same time, we changed the API, and it was a real mess for a long time.
Looking back, I can see us facing some of the same problems in the next
major release. The lesson that needs to be learnt is to do one thing at a
time: change file structure or change API. Doing both at the same time
will make the problem bigger than the sum of each problem.

I suggest that we change the file structure now, in the php3 tree. IMHO
that is the easiest way to make sure further changes are incorporated in
the re-structured source tree. We can base the new structure on the ideas
in the desolated php31 tree:

  php3/ext [each extension has its own dir]
  php3/ext/mysql
  php3/ext/ldap
      ...
  php3/lib/regex
  php3/lib/win32
  php3/main [parser and other vital infrastructure]
  php3/sapi [server modules]
  php3

I would like to set up php3/main so you can do a "make install" and
install header files, libraries and perhaps some tools to make it possible
to compile other applications using PHP code (such as third-party
dynamically loadable extensions or PHP RPC servers).

When time comes to integrate Zend, that will be easier with this
structure.

 - Stig 

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