Re: Re: [PEPr] Comment on XML::XML_RPC2 (reproposal)

Sérgio Carvalho wrote: >Bertrand Mansion wrote: >> Bertrand Mansion (http://pear.php.net/user/mansion) has commented on the >proposal for XML::XML_RPC2 (reproposal). >> >> Comment: >> >> Do you really need to depend on Curl ? > >You'll agree it's much much easier to write HTTP client code using cURL >as opposed to direct socket manipulation. Moreso, when I plan to >implement HTTPS certificate authentication (I need it internally at my >company). In an ideal world XML_RPC2 would depend on an external library >for HTTP client code. > >The aim is to depend on HTTP_Request. Unfortunately, HTTP_Request is not >E_STRICT compliant, and borks all unit tests. So, the compromise is to >substitute HTTP_Request with a slimmed down utility class >(XML_RPC2_Util_HTTPRequest) and switch over once HTTP_Request goes PHP5. Another solution would be to make HTTP_Request E_STRICT compliant right now. I am sure Alexey would love to undertake that :) Bertrand Mansion Mamasam