Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: ccvs extension source From: Zeev Suraski (zeev <email protected>)
Date: 08/10/00

Just a side note - given the BSDish nature of the PHP license, the
extension code is already available for everyone who wants it, as a part of
PHP or standalone...

Zeev

At 23:54 10/08/2000, Andi Gutmans wrote:
>At 04:22 PM 8/10/00 -0400, Brendan W. McAdams wrote:
>>On this note, is zval the proper construct for ext/ modules or is it pval ?
>
>pval was kept around for backwards compatibility with PHP 3. I think most
>PHP module developers prefer using zval because it indicates that the code
>is really aware of the fact that the PHP 4 zval isn't exactly the same as
>the PHP 3 pval. But it is a matter of taste and right now you can go both ways.
>Most of the PHP API has been kept around (see php3_compat.h) in order to
>allow for a smoother move to PHP 4.
>I think the main motivation to use the Zend API functions is if some
>open-source project (for example possibly MySQL sometime in the future)
>where to use the Zend Engine as its scripting engine that project with
>permission from the PHP Group could use some PHP extension modules and not
>have to write their own. In this case using the Zend API makes more sense.
>But this is really not important until something like this comes up.
>Right now do what you prefer.
>Andi
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