Re: file structure

At 02:13 31/03/99 +0200, Stig Bakken wrote: >Back when we were going to release 3.1, we re-structred all the files. At >the same time, we changed the API, and it was a real mess for a long time. >Looking back, I can see us facing some of the same problems in the next >major release. The lesson that needs to be learnt is to do one thing at a >time: change file structure or change API. Doing both at the same time >will make the problem bigger than the sum of each problem. > >I suggest that we change the file structure now, in the php3 tree. IMHO >that is the easiest way to make sure further changes are incorporated in >the re-structured source tree. We can base the new structure on the ideas >in the desolated php31 tree: > > php3/ext [each extension has its own dir] > php3/ext/mysql > php3/ext/ldap > ... > php3/lib/regex > php3/lib/win32 > php3/main [parser and other vital infrastructure] > php3/sapi [server modules] > php3 > >I would like to set up php3/main so you can do a "make install" and >install header files, libraries and perhaps some tools to make it possible >to compile other applications using PHP code (such as third-party >dynamically loadable extensions or PHP RPC servers). > >When time comes to integrate Zend, that will be easier with this >structure. That's a big mistake IMHO. Zend is today, already, a separate library that separated the vast majority of 'core' files into a completely different directory, even a different package. A lot of the files in the main dir were removed, almost all of them were pulled out into the ZendCore directory, etc. The current tree will hopefully hit core@ this Saturday or next Sunday. Investing work in the php3 tree is a waste of time IMHO, since most of it would have to be completely remade for PHP4; plus, it's not as if there's too much idle time left for it... Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe send an empty message to php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For help: php-dev-help@lists.php.net