RE: [PHP-DEV] Feature(let) idea
| From: | Andi Gutmans | Date: | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:08:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Feature(let) idea | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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Damn, I think you are right :)
That's weird. There are some tools which only work with the .dll
filename (i.e. Windows Explorer).
Maybe my idea is better then :)
Andi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:wrowe@rowe-clan.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:53 PM
> To: Andi Gutmans
> Cc: internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Feature(let) idea
>
> Andi Gutmans wrote:
> > I got a feature idea from Apache. Apache will automatically
> translate
> > mod_rewrite.so in LoadModule to mod_rewrite.dll on Windows.
>
> It does? Apache/Win32 actually names the '.dll' as
> mod_rewrite.so on windows. There's nothing special about the
> '.dll' filename extension, a similar example is the .cpl
> control panel extensions, which are .dll's that are loaded
> into the system settings schema, .scr for screensaver dll's
> following that API, etc.
>
> In general, it's a good idea. My builds of php on win32
> *are* entirely in the unix-style, for my customers who need
> to toggle between win32 and unix. It makes the documentation
> much simpler when you don't need two entirely different sets.
>
> Bill
>