Re: Maintainer of SNMP module?

Hi Harrie, thanks for the reply. I didn't want critize net-snmp or the PHP SNMP binding. All I want to do is some SNMP programming with PHP, and the points I mentioned *ARE* a problem for me. Just one example: I want to find out what units are present in a 3Com SuperStack II. The first step is: $stackinfo=snmpwalkoid($hostname, "rollout", ".iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.43.10.27.1.1.1"); Now, with PHP prior to 4.3.0, the keys of the returned array completely depend on which MIBs are loaded: - If a 3Com MIB is loaded, the keys may be: enterprises.a3Com.generic.27.1.1.1.2.1 enterprises.a3Com.generic.27.1.1.1.2.2 enterprises.a3Com.generic.27.1.1.1.2.3 etc. - If no 3Com MIB is loaded, the keys may be: enterprises.43.10.27.1.1.1.2.1 enterprises.43.10.27.1.1.1.2.2 enterprises.43.10.27.1.1.1.2.3 Additionally, the first part of the OID path (.iso.org.dod.internet.private) is left out. Yes, this is documented, but it's painful to check which part of the path is dropped for each SNMP walk. With the introduction of snmp_set_oid_numeric_print() this is solved now. But the problem with the preparsed SNMP values still exists. There is no way to find out, of which type a returned value is. snmp_set_quick_print() is no complete solution. I*ll try to make a function which returns an object with the properties snmp_type (int, string, oid, etc.) and value. And I hope that somebody commits it... The other thing why I was getting a little bit frustrated was this: The EXTENSIONS file says that the maintainer of snmp only throws in "Odd fixes". So I asked if somebody is really working on it and what I can do to get something in which is NOT an "Odd fix". The maintainer told me "Submit a patch". This is not what I want - I want to discuss changes before I make a patch, otherwise there is the risk that it will not go in, because people don't like it or because somebody is working on it with a completely different approach. A few days later I saw PHP 4.3.0 and much to my surprise I saw that the SNMP extension has been much improved. So the "Odd fixes" statement in the EXTENSIONS file seems to be wrong?! However, this is all over now. Harrie, I hope you are the man which I can discuss the SNMP related stuff with? :-) Cheers, Jonny <jonny@1409.org>