Re: Need some clarification regarding Core PHP terminology

On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Vikrant Chauhan wrote: > At https://php.earth/docs/general/difference-core-and-vanilla , > the term > "vanilla PHP" and "Core PHP" are clearly differentiated. But then, some > other websites like > https://www.tutorialspoint.com/php/php_core_vs_frameworks.htm > provide > unconventional definition of "Core PHP". I have written to the maintainer > of tutorialspoint to fix their article but they are quite stubborn. They > asked me to prove my statement and authenticity of the php.earth's article. > > As a solution, I am looking forward to the PHP maintainers to provide an > official statement and clarification. Can anyone from PHP clarify what is > the right terminology? This is not an official statement - I doubt we really do these, but from my point of view: The PHP Earth article is accurate on "Core PHP". Vanilla PHP *developer* and Plain PHP *developer*, are the same as well. *Without* the word "developer", I would consider Vanilla PHP as "PHP as distributed by the PHP team". Where as "Plain PHP" would also include "PHP as distributed by Linux distribitions and *AMP versions, without additional patches". (Some Linux distributions patch PHP, which I wouldn't call "Vanilla"). However, the previous paragraph doesn't probably apply in the situation that you're asking clarification about. cheers, Derick -- https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: https://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug