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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:02:24 +0200 (EET)
Reply-To: Jani Taskinen <sniper@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] JSON inclusion in core
From: sniper@iki.fi (Jani Taskinen)


     What about pecl/filter ?!
     I find that much more important and useful than any
     yet-another-must-have-because-it-is-sexy-and-buzzword-compliant extension..

     --Jani


On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Andi Gutmans wrote:

>
> Hey,
>
> I think having a JSON extension for PHP is a good idea. We have written our 
> own implementation in PHP for framework but could definitely benefit from a C 
> extension down the road if it gets widely adopted.
>
> My only concern is that this is a very new extension and I haven't seen any 
> docs yet. So generally speaking I'd be a +1 but I prefer to be able to first 
> review docs, make sure APIs are reasonable and the best they can be, and then 
> keep it experimental for a while to make sure it's stable (which would have 
> probably been the case anyway).
>
> Andi
>
> At 11:31 AM 1/20/2006, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>> pecl/json is a rather simple extension with no external deps (it bundles the 
>> small library it uses).  The JSON format is stable with no real possibility 
>> of changing basically by definition, and I see its use exploding this year. 
>> There is also talk to a JSON Request object being added to browsers and if 
>> that happens we need to support that natively much like we support 
>> url-encoded form data ending up directly in $_POST.  I could see a $_JSON if 
>> browsers start sending this.  But, as an initial step how about we bundle 
>> pecl/json in the next release?
>> 
>> There is an issue with the fact that it is LGPL'ed.  But perhaps we can work 
>> with Omar to put at least the extension part under the PHP license when 
>> bundled with PHP.
>> 
>> -Rasmus
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