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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:20:42 +0100
To: "Justin Martin" <frozenfire@thefrozenfire.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] w32api extension
From: pierre.php@gmail.com ("Pierre Joye")

Hi Justin,

On Feb 11, 2008 5:43 AM, Justin Martin <frozenfire@thefrozenfire.com> wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> Just wondering if there is any interest in bringing w32api up to speed.
> The docs say it was moved to PECL as of 5.1.0, however is this not the
> case. Rumor has it that it was to be replaced by ffi, however again,
> this is not the case (ffi is in alpha and probably dead).

It has been moved out of php-src because the extension was not
maintained. It is in PECL's cvs but has no release (still not
maintained):

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pecl/w32api/

FFI is much more powerful yes. But it has been developed independently
of w32api.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre
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