Re: Re: PECL pcap extension

Hi Remi -- Thank you for taking the time to look into this! > You have some PR to review on both projects ;) > This is excellent, you hit on some interesting points and I will address them in the GitHub PR conversations. > This extension (or library) requires high privileges > [...] > This probably reduce a lot its usage > Completely agree, given the features and the requirements, it's more of an edge case utility; for me, the use case is driven by the need to ad-hoc/selectively audit network traffic (both from a functional standpoint as well as security) and to enhance test suites where appropriate. > What is the benefit of maintaining an extension if you > already have good FFI bindings ? > > Especially as the extension target PHP >= 7.4 which have FFI > I will understand better an extension for PHP < 7.4 when FFI > is not available. > The FFI library is an afterthought, you captured that perfectly :) That said, the extension could easily be adjusted to be compatible with prior PHP versions, that's definitely something to consider! Thanks again for your feedback, Ciprian