Re: Bundling "modern" extensions

On 07/06/11 15:49, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 07.06.2011 04:42, schrieb Martin Scotta: >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net>wrote: >> >>> Am 06.06.2011 23:40, schrieb Martin Scotta: >>> >>>> It'd be very nice if some extension could be enabled just by dropping the >>>> "extension file" on the path. >>>> So developers can check what they have using phpinfo, and then upload the >>>> needed extension using ftp. Is it possible? >>> if a "developer" only would try such idiotic action >>> he would lost his accounts forever and get fired from >>> one day to the next! >>> >>> WTF how can anybody have the idea that it would be a good >>> idea to let non-sysadmins uplod and execute binaries on a >>> server? >>> >>> >> Thanks you for all yours responses. >> Now it's clear what the issue is... the usage of compiled "libraries". >> >> We need some middleware between the core and PHP. >> That way extensions could be written in PHP, compiled and distributed in >> some "library" format. >> Library users just add them into their path, include them, and use the >> classes/functions as usual. >> >> - No OS dependence >> - minimum dependence with core version >> - size of core will reduce drastically >> - faster runtime, include only what libs you use, as you need them > what are you speaking about and since how long you are working > with PHP that you never heard about PEAR, ZendFramework....? > And you should know that PEAR and ZF are user-land libraries, not compiled libraries. I think Martin is wishing for is the PHP Native Interface: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php_native_interface Either that, or a PHP equivalent of Cython or Pyrex. Cheers, David