Re: Adding pecl/zip to 5.2

I was thinking the same thing. We can of course clutter the namespace with a class for every possible file extension we want to develop an API for, but maybe we can do the smart thing and do what PDO does for databases: present a unified API. I don't like the idea of having GZip, Zip, Rar, Arj, Etc classes when they all do the same. In the end people will start realizing the PDO-road should've been taken from day one. I wish I had any experience with PECL to work something out right now, but I don't. If anyone's interested, I'd be willing to invest some time in constructing an API though (as a sort of first step in a proof of concept). - Ron ""Jared Williams"" <jared.williams1@ntlworld.com> schreef in bericht news:20060721112422.JLUB11710.aamtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@win2ks... > >> Many people (incl. php devs) asked me if I can include zip in 5.2.0. >> Ilia thought it was too late in the game and planed to do it in 5.2.1. >> >> I like to have it in, as experimental. >> >> Please note that it intoduces a new class called Zip, but I >> never saw a >> php zip implementation named Zip. >> >> +1/-1/0? > > I would've preferred an unified package for handling multiple archives > (zip/rar/tgz etc). > Similar to what PDO does for databases, if it is going into core. > > Jared