Simply because calling the command line interface should be easy - as easy
as calling awk or perl or whatever. Every server api module like cgi must be
installed, so the name does not matter there. But having long names for
command line utils is a bad idea.
marcus
Well, fortunately I never have time for qa, handling bugs, etc. etc. so
I wont have to deal with the backlash that this name change **WILL**
cause. I feel sorry for those who have the time to deal with it, as
that will be about all they will deal with, rather than handling more
important bugs and issues. Basicly, the namechange goes against several
years of history in php, tons of documentation, general community
knowledge, etc., and top it off with the fact that in reality, probably
less than 1 percent of users use php as a command line language.
Shane