#22193 [Com]: PHP no longer supports Cybercash?!?

ID: 22193 Comment by: kirk@strauser.com Reported By: kirk@strauser.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: *E-commerce functions Operating System: FreeBSD 4.7 PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: Thanks for the information. I still believe that it was deprecated unfairly (it still interfaces with an operating, maintained service), but that's your call. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-12 21:25:45] sniper@php.net It will not come back, it's deprecated. If you _really_ need it, take it from 4.2.3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-12 21:25:27] nicos@php.net Yes it's not in PEAR/PECL. It has been removed because we thought nobody uses it. Since we will probably not put it back you are free to copy ext/cybercash from php-4.2.3 into php-4.3.0 and to cd php-4.3.0 ; ./buildconf so you will have it back in your configure line. (Note that Jani mentioned PEAR because he thought we were talking about cybermut and not cybercash). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-12 21:04:42] kirk@strauser.com > You can find the extension in PECl, if you really need it. > It was not deleted.. From NEWS: - Removed extensions: (Jan, Jani, Sebastian) . ext/aspell . ext/ccvs . ext/cybercash . ext/icap . sapi/fastcgi . sapi/fhttpd - Moved extensions to PECL (http://pear.php.net/): (James, Derick) . ext/vpopmail . ext/cybermut Cybercash is listed among the "removed" modules as opposed to the "Moved extensions to PECL". Furthermore, it doesn't appear in the Pear :: Package search page. > And you're free to read the NEWS file before upgrading. It was part of an automatic upgrade. > There's no need to upgrade to PHP 4.3 if your existing >installation works...(basic rule of system administration) As 4.3.0 is the version that builds against FreeBSD's port of PostgreSQL 7.3.2, and we were upgrading the database to fix other problems, I guess you could say that the existing installation did not work. This package should be put back into the base system or made available via PEAR (it doesn't seem to be now) until the Cybercash system truly is obsoleted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-12 18:35:15] sniper@php.net You can find the extension in PECl, if you really need it. It was not deleted.. And you're free to read the NEWS file before upgrading. There's no need to upgrade to PHP 4.3 if your existing installation works...(basic rule of system administration) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-12 18:08:34] kirk@strauser.com PHP-4.3.0 no longer supports Cybercash. This came as an unpleasant surprise to a web hosting firm I work with, and their customers who still use Cybercash (which will continue to be supported by Verisign, according to Verisign's "Cybercash FAQ"). I have to say, this was a real kick in the teeth. Before deleting features because of supposed obsolescence, please verify that the feature really is dead. As it stands, everyone who depends on this now-gone module for their livelihood is in for a bit of a shock when they next upgrade their servers. Repeat: Cybercash is still very much alive and supported. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22193&edit=1