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

On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Sterling Hughes wrote: > >> >   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 > > I agree. What does everyone think of a packages section of the documentation, > where all the packages required for each module are listed and the supported > platforms for both the module and the required package/packages are also listed. > > > Sterling > > P.s.: I'd be willing to work on this. While I agree that studying a real-life module has advantages, it would be cool to have a dedicated demo module. This could be extensively documented in the source code, explaining how to use the various APIs in PHP, how to develop functions and request/module startups/shutdowns etc. - Sascha