> On Mar 23, 2020, at 4:13 PM, Larry Garfield <la...@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > > Platform.sh, the managed host I work for, has offered every version of PHP > since 7.1 day-of-release, and we also have a long list of available PECL > extensions that can be enabled by adding a line to a YAML file. We also have > a built-in build pipline where you can download and compile/install most > other extensions as desired. We're also a Git-based host with every Git > branch able to be a running environment. > > It's not that managed hosts can't make new-stuff easily available. It's that > many don't. But enough do that if you need the latest-and-greatest, you have > plenty of options.
It depends on who you are saying "has plenty of options." If you mean the person with the authority to make a decision on a platform, then you are correct. But if you mean the developer whose only option is to use the platform the decision maker choses, or has previous chosen, then option(s) sum to a total of one (1). ------- Listen, I am just trying to point out that not everyone gets to choose their web host nor do many get to choose their PHP extensions, and for those people having the PHP community choose to package functionality as a PHP/PECL extension causes those individuals to be "have nots" in the PHP world. So I am arguing for PHP-equality vs what we have now which is a two-level PHP caste system. -Mike -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
