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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] One API to rule them all? (Was: Extension Prepend Files)
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

On 11/01/15 04:08, Sara Golemon wrote:
> My idea is to cover *most* (but not all) extensions with a narrower,
> simplified API.  As you say, many interactions fall into the "marshal
> this engine value to a C type as needed".  This can cater to the
> bread-and-butter of PHP extensions very well.

Having a rather large reliance on Firebird, the fact that it gets pushed
to the 'someone else will do that when they need it' pile is a little
irritating. All the extension does is interfaces the Firebird Client to
PHP and the majority of the times it has become unavailable are due to
framework changes. Other extensions are currently in the same state on
phpng? All database related.

HHVM has only recently started supporting the interbase extension, but I
think does not have the fbird_ aliases which while there is still no
break between firebird and interbase, this is an area which will change
with the next generation of Firebird.

Alright we do have a couple of people who understand the PHP side enough
to address the very small number of bugs that have affected the
extension but it does need a programmer who understands the fundamental
changes being made that is needed to port the still missing extensions :(

I know you are only talking about the mechanism Sara, but some of us are
still unable to even play with the current master on our framework
because only 'most' extensions are currently supported.

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