Re: Latest commit -- depreciation of call_user_method()

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >> Ah. I must have been dreaming then.. :) >> I remember that someone submitted some bug report about this very issue. >> >> Anyway, now I see that there really is good reason having that >> version (PHP_#ext#_API_NO ?) after all. And having that..we should >> propable start moving those extensions one by one into PEAR? > >That has been the plan for a while now. Not necessarily moving all the >optional extensions, but some of them. And new fringe extensions would go >straight to PEAR. Too bad it seems not to be going anywhere.. >> And btw. Why not have a function in PHP core that can be used to get the >> desired extensions remotely from pear.php.net? If we have a >> PHP_#ext#_API_NO, running a 'update_php_extensions()' would >> go and grab the updated (if the extension HAS been updated) one..etc.. >> (I'm just thinking out loud..ignore me :) > >There is the start of a set of command line tools for doing this. I don't think having those separately is a good idea. More like a function set in PHP would make more sense. As you have to have the core PHP anyway? --Jani