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Subject: sqlite moved to PECL - but where is it
From: tessarek@evermeet.cx (Helmut Tessarek)

Hello,

The removal of sqlite in PHP 5.4 has not been thoroughly thought through.

In the documentation it says it has been moved to PECL.
Then you go to PECL and the only thing you find is the version from 2004,
which states that this package is not maintained and furthermore you find a
link to the former sqlite documentation on php.net, which then points you to
PECL...

Round and round we go.

This not the only problem. Copying the ext/sqlite directory from php 5.3.10 to
the php 5.4 tree and running a 'buildconf --force' does not work either.

So now there are several web apps (e.g. Roundcube, Serendipity, ...) which do
not have an sqlite3 abstraction layer, which means that you are pretty much
screwed, if you use sqlite.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with the fact that sqlite was
removed from the core, but at least there should be a) a correct documentation
how to get the functionality back and b) a way to get it working at all.

Helmut