Re: [Mono-list] PHP# - feasibility study so far - for comment

On 15 Dec 2002, Pokey the Penguin wrote: > On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, Alan Knowles wrote: > > http://www.akbkhome.com/Projects/PHP_Sharp > > > > (you'll have to click through the advert first) > > Every time I click on > http://www.akbkhome.com/Projects/PHP_Sharp, it > returns to the advert page, so I can't get through. Looks like something > is broken. You might want to get advert-less hosting from somewhere like > yahoo.co.uk, or just to post your ideas to the list as plain text. It's his own afvert, not somebody elses :) > I'd be interested to hear what ideas you've come up with in terms of > supporting PHP's large number of built-in functions using the .NET > libraries. Certainly a lot of the functionality is already there, even > more complex features like database abstraction and LDAP. Also, most > languages I know that target the CLI are strongly typed. Doesn't PHP's > being loosely typed present a problem? Of course that gives some problems, but there is always the possibility to have a wrapper class around the PHP datatype; although would be somewhat slower. For the extensions, afaik you can dlsym sysmbols from shared objects with c# and thus you will be able to provide a wrapper around the PHP extensions, which can almost all be compiled as a shared extension. Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------