Re: [PHP-DEV] Session management module - thoughts From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 05/29/99

Hi,

This whole discussion reminds of the SAPI (server abstraction API)
discussion we had a while back. Some of us, especially Zeev and I, wanted
to keep it as simple as possible, so that PHP will have a server
abstraction layer. Others wanted SAPI to be a super-duper library which
would not have been PHP specific but would have benefited anyone who writes
web server modules in the business.
The fact is that the latter would have been a great thing to have, but
things just don't happen when you try and create something too general and
complex. Rather it took Zeev and me a few days (with the help of Shane's
work) to get our own little SAPI abstraction layer working for PHP 4.0. If
anyone will want to take that work and create a super-duper library out of
it sometime, it might be cool but if we hadn't done what we did it would
probably not have had it done by now.
I feel the same way about session management. I think it's a must. I think
99% of the web developers will not need more than the simplicity of ASP's
session management, and php-dev can develop it within a few days. That's
really what's needed now. Later on, we could have an enhanced session
module, which would be based on the simplistic one, which will do all the
wonderful stuff you guys want it to do. But just for now, let's get the
bare bones going. Let's try and aim to have the simplest, start_session(),
session_variable(), session_end() working within a few days!

Andi 

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Andi Gutmans <andi <email protected>>
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