Re: New extensions

I think the 1st two extensions have merit and I'd like to +1 their addition to PECL. As far as id3lib interface, I'd much rather see this merged with existing id3 extension in pecl rather being a separate extension. Ilia Jay Smith wrote: > Hi list, > > It's been a while since I've had time to do much PHP-related work, but I've > recently found myself with all the time in the world, so I figured I might > as well do something with it... > > I've had a couple of extensions kicking around for the past few years and I > was previously hosting them on my own. However, the hosting situation has > recently crumbled and I find myself in need of a way to let people continue > to use the extensions I've written. I've considered PECL before and for > whatever reason just kind of let it lapse, but given my current situation, > it looks like the obvious place to keep the wares... > > I've got three extensions that would probably be useful to have in PECL at > the moment, two that I have previously released a few years ago and one > that I haven't gotten around to releasing for public consumption. They're > all licensed under a BSD-style license and can be found at > http://142.166.76.45/software/ > > cryptopp -- a strong cryptography extension based on the Crypto++ library > (http://www.cryptopp.com/), which is a public domain library. The extension > is sort of akin to mhash and mcrypt, although in my opinion it's a bit > easier to use. It can perform things like hex/bin conversions, has an OO > interface in PHP 5 and up and I think may be a bit easier for beginners to > work with. This extension is written in C++, if that makes a difference, > and was designed to be as cross-platform as I could make it. It's been > tested on various linux distros, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OSX, Solaris and Windows > 2000 and XP. Since PHP already has mhash and mcrypt, I can see why this > extension would be passed over, but I thought I'd offer it anyway. Always > nice to have alternatives, I guess. The extension is available at > http://142.166.76.45/software/versions.php/cryptopp-php, and > it's > documentation is at > http://142.166.76.45/software/cryptopp/cryptopp-php.html. This > extension is > moderately popular, judging by the download logs. > > > stem -- an extension that provides word stemming, a la Porter-style suffix > removal. In other words, feed it something like this: > > "kicked"; > "kicking"; > "kicks"; or > "kickings" > > And it will return "kick", which is the common root of each word. Look up > "Porter stemming" on Google or something if curiosity takes hold. The > extension currently does 12 languages, including English, Finnish, French, > German and more. It is based on the BSD-licensed Snowball library, > available at http://snowball.sourceforge.net/. Word stemming is > mostly > useful in search engines and information retrieval mechanisms and that sort > of thing. The extension is available at > http://142.166.76.45/software/versions.php/stem-php. > > > The other extension that I've been more or less sitting on is an extension > based on id3lib, an LGPL'd library that can read and write ID3 tags as well > as report general information on MPEG files and such. I know there's > already an ID3 extension available in PECL, but I figured I might as well > go for broke and put all three extensions on the block. It has a few more > bells and whistles compared to the current ID3 extension, but unfortunately > relies on id3lib, so it's give and take really. This extension is available > at http://142.166.76.45/software/versions.php/id3-php. > > > Frankly, the host that these things are on could go down at a moment's > notice, so I apologize if anybody actually wants to check them out. > > If there's any interest in hosting any of the extensions, that would be > cool. Otherwise, I guess I'll be looking for new hosting options... > > Cheers, > > J >