On 14.10.2008, at 07:15, Lester Caine wrote:
Pierre Joye wrote:
effectively the extension for firebird already exists ... it just
maps to the interbase
function, if the fbird_*() aliases were removed and renamed copies
the ibase_*()
extensions functions created that then were built against the
firebird client iso
the interbase client you'd pretty much be there. technically the
[firebird] extension
would be new but is that really a deal breaker given that the
complete API (fbird_*())
already exists?
I do not understand this paragraph.
When Ard rebuilt the php_interbase driver for PHP5 he created fbird_
aliases for all the ibase_ functions. The driver is specific to PHP5
and always has been. It was never back ported to PHP4. The PLAN was
always when there was a pressing need to separate Interbase and
Firebird all of us who use fbird_ would simply switch to
php_firebird without any internal code changes. At present there is
a 'niggle' rather than a 'pressing need' to implement the split, but
given the other discussions going on, now is probably the time to
sort this out as well?
I have no problem with php_interbase and php_firebird being in pecl,
as long as they are being compiled somewhere for those of us who do
not have M$ tools but have to support customers who have yet to
convert to Linux ;)
Ok, I was not aware of this. It does change things a bit, but imho I
would still prefer if most of this could be handled by an extension
internal switch. As for the use case of using interbase and firebird
in parallel. If you absolutely need this and are unwilling to do this
inside a PDO driver I do acknowledge that there are a lot of features
missing from the current PDO driver, the performance difference does
not strike me as a valid argument though. Foremost its not like its a
difference of day and night, also fetchAll() can actually increase
performance compared to the current database extensions. Also its
still negible compared to the time applications spend on their
queries. Also its not like PDO cannot be improved (of course there are
some limits in the current architecture).
So for core my opinion holds, that only PDO drivers should be added,
but PECL is of course another story.
regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
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