Re: Net_FTP design issues

> > Well what you then are providing is just a compatibility layer for > > people who dont have the ext? > > > This is going in the direction of PHP_Compat. Generally I find it very > > cool to have this as a fallback solution available. > > > So maybe this should be a separate package, since I assume you also want > > to add functionality? The added functionality should in the spirit of > > PEAR be OO code. > > The general socket implementation should (IMHO) have no added > functionality, but just emulate the FTP ext. Added functionality will be > found in the main Net_FTP class (as it is now). That socket thingie *shall not* have any extra functionality, that job goes to Net_FTP class it self. The point with the socket implementation is *only* to be fallback solution when the "real ftp extension" isn't available. In general I love fallback solutions for "real extensions". -Hannes