On Mar 10, 2005, at 9:59 PM, l0t3k wrote:
In about a month or so, i'll start work on an extension implementing a file
format which allows for bundling all resources related to a app (including
PHP source, localized strings, gifs, byte-code from BCompiler etc). the
format has an heirarchical internal structure and allows for introspection
and fallback.
You might consider looking at the concept of bundles from Mac OS X:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/CoreFoundation/Conceptual/ CFBundles/index.html
Bundles aren't a file format, but rather a directory structure, a set of naming conventions, and an API that provides these capabilities on the standard file system.
On OS X, the finder makes bundles opaque to the user. In PHP, this could be done with a standard format such as tar or zip.
I wrote about this some here:
http://www.procata.com/blog/archives/2004/11/24/installing-web- applications/
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