Re: OS-specific PHP add-ons (was: coding a new module)

> From: "Sterling Hughes" <sterling@php.net> > Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:12:06 est > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] coding a new module > > >   Hi, > > > >Is there some sum up of how to code a clean module for php ? > > Checkout the SWF module, its current and its simple, go from there> This touches on another important issue, which I raise in the hope of a quiet reasoned discussion and not a minor religious war. I was happy to read about the SWF module, but when I finally located libswf at http://reality.sgi.com/grafica/flash/, I was disappointed to find that it supports only IRIX, Linux, and FreeBSD. Admirable OS flavors all, but sadly the one I'm using (Solaris 2.X) is not on the list. This platform-specificity seems likely to be an inescapable reality when dealing with the numerous external add-on packages for PHP -- will we have any attempt to summarize information about these packages somewhere, so that they are 1) easier to find, and 2) the reader knows up front if it applies to her/his platform? Sort of a central clearing house for the external packages? Keep up the great work, all -- PHP continues to rock 8^) Cheerio, Rick Rodgers