Re: What would you want in a PHP web host?

on 8/1/01 11:22 PM, Richard Lynch at ceo@l-i-e.com wrote: >> caveat--if there are some options that most folks would reasonably call >> 'optional' or 'dangerous', these shouldn't be expected. i am >> pretty new at >> programming and php, so i have no idea if things like this exist. i >> personally only compile in the options i use. > > There are like 107 PHP third-party extensions. i was really only talking about the features and packages that come with the php distribution (mysql, snmp, gd, imap, etc) i may have misunderstood the question. > > A couple are pretty new/raw, a couple are pretty defunct, and some are just > so damn esoteric or have such a small user-base as to be pointless to > install unless you really know a customer wants it... > > Anticipating what customers want can be tricky, though... :) > > You can now compile PHP and later on add in PHP Extension Modules which is > cool... I've done it with GD once, but it doesn't seem stable, or maybe I'm > doing something funky in the PHP code, as it displays one image only 20% > (ish) of the time. I'll add GD for real later, but 20% is fine for the > proof-of-concept I'm working on right now. > > Anyway, you may be able to add in new PHP extensions without re-compiling > everything, but you'll need to check up on the stability issue. this is cool to know, thanks. -- mike cullerton