Re: [PEPr] Comment on Web Services::Services_Google

Klaus Guenther wrote:

Forgot to mention that php_soap.dll, while physically present in the ext directory is not in the list of extensions in the php.ini file. Also, none of the extensions are enabled by default (in php5 on windows).

True -- not even mysql is enabled by default. Is that relevant to this proposal? The package.xml just needs to indicate a dependency on 'soap' extension, right?

Well, I was just saying that it would be nice to provide a way for people to use this if their provider does not install soap (esp. when the manual states explicitly that the soap extension is experimental -- that's a red flag for hosters).

I guess. It would add a lot of code to the class to have an optional PEAR SOAP backend -- especially in area of error handling. Furthermore, PEAR SOAP is not stable yet either. I think the dependency should be made explit, of course. Hans