Re: [PHP4BETA] CPANesque class distribution (was SQL abstraction)

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, David Sklar wrote: > > We should seriously start considering implementing something > > like CPAN in PHP, so we have defined ways of distributing and > > installing standard packages. > > > > - Stig > > I think the hard part of this is the namespace conventions, not so > much the distribution mechanisms. How does CPAN arbitrate who gets to > add what modules where in the module namespace? In CPAN, people register their namespace after discussing it "in the appropriate fora". See ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/04pause.html > Is there a default 'library' include path that should get compiled > into PHP (ala Perl's (eg) /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl) and then the class > install procedure could put the files under that? We have a default location for php.ini, /usr/local/lib. /usr/local/lib/php would make more sense as a base directory for userland PHP modules. - Stig