RE: [PHP-DEV] Object Oriented standard Library

Thanks. I was not aware of SPL's file and array classes. As for the string class, some of it is done, and should work in 5.x HEAD. I fully plan to add Unicode support for PHP 6's HEAD. Is there any other concerns you may have about a string class (other than it being a big task)? I think it would be great to unify, and standardize all the string functions in PHP into a class. I don't want to rewrite anything already written, so I'll go ahead and take a look at ArrayObject and ArrayIterator. I'd love to help PHP as much as possible. Thanks, Jordan. -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Boerger [mailto:helly@php.net] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:18 PM To: Jordan Wambaugh Cc: internals@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Object Oriented standard Library Hello Jordan, have a look at the SPL extension (Standard PHP Library) which introduces a few things (for instance SplFile). Have a look here: http://php.net/~helly I do not think we need a string class right now unless you want to provide a full unicode one that later works with HEAD seamingly. If you are intersted, then the ArrayObject/ArrayIterator implementation in SPL can be made much faster. I know what to do but have no time for that... and as always, help is always welcome here and if you have something to show, then show us :-) marcus Monday, December 3, 2007, 5:43:19 PM, you wrote: > I am currently working on a Object-Oriented Library extension that wraps a > lot of functionality in PHP's standard library dealing with strings, > arrays, fileIO, etc. into classes. > (String class, Collection class, etc.) > This would allow end-users to create objects that represent data types and > resources, and take advantage of all the benefits of OOP (object chaining, > polymorphism, etc) all in a c compiled extension. > Example: > $myString=new String("Hello world!"); > $myLowerCaseString = > $myString->copy()->replace("world","universe")->lowerCase(); > > > > The goal of this project is to help PHP mature into a more object-oriented > language with an object oriented library, while addressing a common > complaint about the standard library not being very consistent > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Php#Criticism [8th bullet]) > > I have already implemented a couple classes, but would like to get feedback > from the PHP development community on the idea of creating such a library > for PHP. Also, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jordan Wambaugh > > Best regards, Marcus