Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 / TODO From: Sebastian Bergmann (sb <email protected>)
Date: 10/12/00

Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
> SOAP support seems like a good start for this;

  I think so, too. Johann-Peter Hartmann and Thomas Fromm today pointed me
to some SOAP related information and it sounds promising to me.

> I believe we already have xml-rpc, right?

  In PEAR we have XML::RPC, but I haven't tested it so far. But it looks
somewhat confusing to me and it appears to be a quick hack to PEARify the
original PHP implementation of XMLRPC. I believe one could make the code
much leaner and nicer :-) Maybe that one'll be me, if I find the time.

> Also, the corba client support (satellite extension) is a good
> start for the client end; letting php be the server side would be another
> step.

  As I said, the basis is there, but we need to build on it.

> > - permanentely running PHP Application, that's not (entirely)
> > http-request driven
>
> Sounds like something that you could do with the php cgi (command line
> version), disabling max_execution_time, and an event loop, though
> maybe additional capabilities are needed as well.

  Bernd Römer is currently building an Application Server framework in
native PHP but native support would be better somewhat, I believe.

> Things like fail-over, etc?

  Yes, this topic was mentioned, but I don't know what it means. Sorry :(

> It'd be good to get an idea of how this could work
> at the app level - I'm not really sure what java app servers provide, so
> I'm asking...

  I'm sorry, I cannot answer that question. I haven't used Java for web
development purposes (neither client nor server) as of yet.

> I recall Zeev at one point stating that the php3 scripting engine was
> such a major upgrade from the php2 state of things that he couldn't see
> the need for a major rewrite anytime soon.

  :-)

  PS: My best wishes to Andi, Zeev and all the other people at Zend in
special, and to the people in Near East in general. I dearly hope that it
doesn't come to a war and that a way for peace can be found.

  All the best,
Sebastian 

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