Re: Looking for a package-name: PHP::Prototypes

On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 12:45:16AM +0200, Bertrand Mansion wrote: > Jan Kneschke wrote: > > >Is PHP::Prototypes a obvious choice for the namespace ? Or is it > >implying that is prototypes a php-application ? > > Hi Jan, > > Is there any reason why you can't you use the reflection API for that ? > <http://fr3.php.net/language.oop5.reflection> As already pointed out by another mail: 1. the internal code is not aware of reflection yet. the php-shell is using reflection of possible, the extrator only fills the gap where php functions are touched. E.g.: use reflection on fopen(): >> $r = new ReflectionFunction( 'fopen' ) object(ReflectionFunction)#14 (1) { .. } >> $r->getNumberOfParameters( ) int(0) >> $r->getParameters( ) array(0) { } Or use the information of the prototype: >> ? fopen() /** * Open a file or a URL and return a file pointer * * @params string filename, string mode [, bool use_include_path [, resource context]] * @return resource */ 2. Even if the php functions are made aware of reflection there is still a huge userbase which is using older versions. It's the same story as 'php -a' vs. 'PHP::Shell'. > Bertrand Mansion Jan -- Jan Kneschke http://jan.kneschke.de/ Perhaps you want to say 'thank you, jan': http://jk.123.org/wishlist/