Re: New Package: HTML_DB

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 echo15@delirium.ch wrote: > Here they are (not LGPLed yet), suggestions about location, names and > such are appreciated. Define "PEAR folks". I don't have an account on pear.php.net, but I use PEAR and I write code which could be in PEAR if I could be bothered to run the gauntlet. I've contributed documentation to PEAR modules. Am I a "PEAR folk"? Where does the distinction lie? Since you're the only copyright holder listed on DB_Form.php, what is the problem with LGPLing now? From a quick glance at the code (please don't sue me), it looks as though DB_Form could be a useful class, as long as it's documented properly. Don't know whether it's functionality crosses OOH_Form, though (and I can't tell because OOH isn't documented, either, and it's code is thoroughly opaque). > DB_Auth is indeed concurring code as the Auth package does very much > the same with many more features. However, the aim of DB_Auth is to > make the most likely case (session authentication based on SQL data) as > easy to implement as possible. A webpage formerly using Apache's HTTP > Auth can migrate to DB_Auth at almost no expense. Just create a login > page, edit the 'dbauth' config file and use .htaccess to define what's > protected. (You can even exclude single files from authentication.) > Unlike with Auth you DON'T HAVE TO PUT ANY CODE into your protected > pages. Still, is this enough a reason to have DB_Auth PEARed? What do > you think? Apart from the (presumed) use of database abstraction, what is the benefit of using this class over inserting a database authentication module into apache? What is the slowdown observed when using this class, as compared to an apache auth module? > DB_LIST > Source: not available yet > Location: /usr/share/pear/HTML/DB/DB_List.php > Demo: not available yet > > I'm currently working on this package. It'll be ready to evaluate soon. What is it? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16