Re: The PHP Platform
| From: | Richard Heyes | Date: | Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:45:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: The PHP Platform | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.dev |
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"Ken Egervari" <ken@positive-edge.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I think as we go forward with PHP and as PHP 5 is nearing, shouldn't we
planning
> on developing a PHP Platform? Basically the Java or .NET Platform - a set
of
> stable and well written class libraries in which everyone can use? Classes
that
> make sense for every day and maybe not-so every day PHP development? With
.NET
> and Java out there, PHP is really falling short. It's not even efficient
to
> develop in any more other than that its tools are free. I tried to start
such
> an initiative with eXtremePHP, but only 2 developers go so far. We need a
> community to help build a large platform that provides classes for
everything a
> PHP developer might need.
http://pear.php.net/
--
Richard Heyes