Re: libpurple php binding

so I'll find some materials on the internet and probably buy some books about php oop extensions programming ... it's indeed better then a directly translation of c .. the license issues was taked up here at the pecl-dev and at the pidgin development maling lists .. and there is no solution to bring the libpurple in the pecl ... but I was still able to begin a project on the sf.net ... and in the final result it's unimportant ... the main thing - php has a piece of a good software more ... thanks Anatoliy On Saturday 01 December 2007 14:27, Elizabeth M Smith wrote: > Anatoliy Belsky wrote: > > thanks for the feedback .. even if you havn't yet tested ... > > > > yes, i've heared some things about the oop api (from some pidgin folks), > > it sounds interesting, but at the moment it was easier to implement the > > pure libpurple api (which is written in c). But the constants must can be > > used from different classes too ... > > Um, no, that's not what he meant...he meant make the PHP API for > libpurple OO, and I'd have to add a second to that request. You can use > class constants from anywhere you know (Classname::Constantname). The > functional approach you've taken for the PHP side of the API makes it > overly verbose and confusing. > > I'd really be interested in a PHP5 OO style API, but probably won't be > using it if you keep the purely functional approach ;) Since this is > your first extension, there are people around willing to help if you've > never worked with creating objects/methods in a php extension - just ask ;) > > Just translating a C library's API to php calls is usually not the best > way to make a good wrapper. That said, it is nice to see someone doing > something with libpurple. > > (BTW, I've taken this off list since this really isn't a PECL extension > because of licensing issues) > > Thanks, > Elizabeth M Smith