Re: [phplib] The future of PHPlib From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby <email protected>)
Date: 04/11/01

on 4/11/01 9:16 AM, James Johnson at james <email protected> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is there a web page/site anyone can point me to
> that talks about the future of PHPLib? This
> issue seems to have been raised on this
> list in May 00 but I can't find much info about
> i.
>

This list is the correct place for these questions. You may want to review
the archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ for a little more detail as to
phplib/PEAR.

> I am thinking of using it as the basis of some
> web sites but would like to know what the future
> plans are for it, who the developers are and
> how it is developed. For instance, I assume a
> future version will incorporate some of the
> changes to the way sessions work with PHP4.
> Will there be a smooth migration path for
> those people who maintain sites based on
> PHPLib when moving to PHP4?
>

That's all very up in the air. Work is being done to PEARify the current
7.2c release (it's at sourceforge, pear-phplib is the project name, i
think), the PEAR folks don't really like phplib (the API) and there has been
static in the past on how to best make everyone happy. To that end several
phplib users on this list have stepped up to maintain phplib, I assume until
such time as the PEAR port work is as bug free, robust, stable and fast as
the current phplib release, which may be never :)

> I believe the official web site for PHPLib is this one:
>
> http://phplib.netuse.de/
>

Correct.

> but this does not contain the information I seek.
> I understand PEAR and PHPLib are to merge.
> What is the implication for those already using
> PHPLib? If I go ahead and start to use PHPLib
> to develop sites I will be happy to contribute
> to it's development. I figure it could do with
> a slashdot-type site where new changes/
> additions could be discussed. Anyone agree?
>

I am currently working on revamping the phplib website in terms of looks and
functionality. phpSlash ( http://www.phpslash.org ) is part of that plan.

I'm probably about a week or two away from putting the new site live, I need
to get a few new graphics to topics, and clean up some of the HTML, test the
existing stuff, copy back some databases, etc...

A note will go out to this list when the change is about to take place
because I'll need to shutdown the site for a while I re-sync the databases
and test to make sure everything is setup correctly.

As far as helping out goes: bugfixes, extended functionality, and
compatibility with php4 are all things that need doing, so send in those
patches!

I don't think phplib is going anywhere anytime soon (unless stig's binary db
interface really does shave off a lot of time from PEAR/DB.. but still I
think that's kind of cheating.. :), and even if so, there should be a
suitable wrapper for phplib API -> PEAR API to use while porting to the
native PEAR interface.

-n 

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