Re: Need some clarification regarding Core PHP terminology

Thank you derick. I am looking forward to more inputs from others as well if possible. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > 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.htmsC‚º ´s=®”i… > > ÉU 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 | ­äß > ö‚±áMzÝúBøphttps://xdebug.org | https://dram.io > Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: https://xdebug.org/donate.php > twitter: @derickr and @xdebug >