Stefan Priebsch wrote:
phar is a good way of deploying PHP code, as PEAR proves. As a cautious
developer however, I am reluctant to using optional features that might
not be available on my client's installation. And for regular users of
PHP-based software, installing a PECL extension is not an option. If I
cannot be sure that phar works on my client's system, I cannot use it to
deploy software.
Uploading a phar file, then pointing your browser to it and running a
PHP-based self-extracting installer similar to the Windows installers we
know would make installing PHP software way more end-user-compatible.
And given the problem getting hosts to ADD PECL extensions, you expect that
they will allow a third party application to install things on their locked
down machines. I think the first problem is how does it integrate with hosting
environments and will those hosts allow it to run?
IMHO phar should be part of the PHP code, so that developers can rely on
it as a means of PHP software deployment that certainly works on all
systems, rather than another option.
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