Re: Is the php sockets extension experimental?

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:39, Meike Stone <meike.stone@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > in the packet description of the php5-sockets in the SuSE Linux > Enterprise Server 11 (SLES11) is > the package php5-sockets in the additional SDK available, but marked > as "experimental" (see below). > Is this the true, where can I find this Information, or is this only a > historical relic? > > Are there differences in this extension between PHP 5.2.x, 5.3.x and 5.4? > > Can I rely on this the extension for a productive environment? Everything you need to know is here: http://php.net/sockets > Description: > A low-level interface to the socket communication functionsbased on the popular > BSD sockets, providing the possibilityto act as a socket server as well as a > client.This extension is experimental! Sounds like the package maintainer is a minimum of six years behind the times, or they've done some forking to it. We don't support any third-party packages, so that would be something you'd need to discuss with them, but - in all likelihood - someone just hasn't removed the "experimental" tag yet. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager http://www.php.net/