Proposal: ext/idn (GNU Libidn)

His Majesty, King Wez of PECL, Ladies and Gentlemen, Guys, I've written a small PHP Extension which uses GNU Libidn[1] for converting domainnames from UTF-8 encoding to ASCII compatible Punycode, like it is used for the DNS. I'd like to propose it as a PECL package . I'M not uqite sure which category fits well. Is it i18n or Tools an Utilities or something different? Since GNU Libidn is distributed under the LGPL I've chosen to use LGPL, too. Afaik this is possible for PECL packages. At my site on you can find the archive extracted[2] or as tar.gz[3]. The complete README follows after this text. It was tested an developed on a Linux box with PHP4 and 5. Maybe I'll implement other parts of Libidn later. The TLD stuff in there looks quite interesting (Which Unicode characters are allowed with which TLD?) johannes [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/ [2] http://schlueters.de/phpstuff/idn/ [3] http://schlueters.de/phpstuff/idn/idn-0.1.tar.gz ext/idn - PHP Extension for GNU Libidn Abstract: --------- This extension gives access to the GNU Libidn. "GNU Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group, used for internationalized domain names which is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License." More information on GNU Libidn can be found on he GNU website at http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/ License: -------- GNU Lesser Public License Requirements: ------------- GNU Libidn (only version tested: 0.3.7) Install: -------- Either using the PEAR Installer: $ pear install idn-x.y.tar.gz Or by hand: $ tar xvzf idn-x.y.tar.gz $ cd idn-x.y $ phpize $ ./configure --with-idn $ make $ make install Usage: ------ This extension exports currently two functions. The first converts an UTF-8 encoded domain name to it's corresponding Punycode representation, the other converts the Punycode version to UTF-8 encoding. The functions return a string on success and FALSE when an error happens. An errorcode can be retrieved by passing a second parameter by reference. Example: -------- <?php $in = 'www.éöäè.com'; echo idn_to_ascii(utf8_encode($in)); // echos www.xn--4caib6c.com $in = 'www.xn--4caib6c.com'; echo utf8_decode(idn_to_utf8($in)); // echos www.éöäè.com ?> Author: ------- Johannes Schlueter schlueter at phpbar then a dot, followed by the TLD for Germany, de.