Re: Re: [PEPr] -1 for XML::XML_RPC2

Davey Shafik wrote: > Sergio Carvalho wrote: > >> Helgi Þormar wrote: >> >>> First using CURL really defeats the purpose of trying to create >>> something that could be used by future PEAR versions (given they need >>> xml rpc stuff) since CURL isn't installed by default and I really doubt >>> anyone wants to make people have CURL installed to use PEAR, anyway that >>> can be resolved with writing a backend. >> >> >> >> You either: >> 1) Use cURL >> 2) Write your own 'lightweight curl' >> 3) Use the xmlrpc extension >> >> I opted for 1). Another backend should go for 3). 2) isn't really very >> elegant. >> > > <snip /> > > We already have two packages in PEAR that you should be using instead > HTTP_Client and HTTP_Request. No we don't. These are PHP4 packages. Neither is E_STRICT compliant. Moreover, HTTP_Client is pretty barebones (no auth, no https certificates). HTTP_Request lacks only https certificate handling, but moving it to PHP5 is much more work than writing the dozen or so lines of cURL code XML_RPC2 needs. > > - Davey