interbase extension is maintained and at least i will rename to firebird after php7 api conversion is over (a few blob/events tests don't pass after the big api changes )
Dmitry Stogov <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114466583226539257267?prsrc=4> added some patches but we need to fix the zend engine api changes pdo_firebird is ok but doesn't cover the firebird api so we still need them both On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Jouni Ahto <ja...@welho.com> wrote: > At least one mail didn't bounce. > > The situation with Interbase extension, in my opinion: it's dead meat and > should most probably be just removed. Nobody is currently, to my knowledge, > maintaining it. Even the birth of said extension was a bit troublesome, > when I had just for the fun of it written some very rudimentary code, > committed it, and after that it turned out that Zeev was having a > commercial negotiation about writing PHP support for it. Because we didn't > want to step on each other toes, that left the the extension somewhat > unmaintained for a while even then, and then I slowly dropped out of PHP > development. Mostly because my new work in banking world had absolutely > nothing to do with it, not because I would have been tired of it. It was > extraordinarily fun and I somehow still miss those times. Kudos to everyone > still working on PHP (I still recognize a few names on the mailing list) > and to every newcomer. > > Now, this all happened when even PHP4 was still in development phase, a > very long time ago, so I'm quite surprised that extension survived even > into PHP5. Has anyone actually maintained it? > > PDO_FIREBIRD is probably a good replacement for it and it seems to be > mentioned on the list of maintained extensions. I don't know how well it > works with Interbase, which is now a proprietary product by Embarcadero > Technologies. Firebird is an open source fork originating from the same > codebase. It might even work, if the communication protocol with database > hasn't changed (much) or can switch to some backwards compatible mode when > encountering a version it does not recognize. > > And, last: funny coincidence that I received Anatol's email just now, when > I've just a week ago opened a github account and already have several pull > requests for 2 projects written in, surpricingly, PHP. Who knows, maybe > like the Terminator, "I'll be back". > > Thanks for reading the rants of a really old fart. > > -- Jouni Ahto > > > On 01/20/2015 11:22 AM, Anatol Belski wrote: > >> Hi Dmitry, >> >> On Tue, January 20, 2015 06:08, Dmitry Stogov wrote: >> >>> Hi Anatol, >>> >>> >>> Despite of this, we also have few extensions not converted to PHP7 yet - >>> https://wiki.php.net/phpng#unsupported_extensions_not_converted_yet >>> >>> >>> 3 of them related to MSSQL, 2 to Oracle and one to Interbase. the last >>> one is partially converted (may be compiled), but it's so ugly, so it >>> won't work without serious redesign (I'm not sure how it worked in >>> php-5). >>> >>> I'm going to rename and update the RFC to handle these cases as well. >> >> Will first forward this off list to the authors standing in the sources, >> so the bounces from the eventually non existent mails are not going back >> to the list (would spam everyone). But will then repeat the same to the >> list with valid mails. >> >> Regards >> >> Anatol >> >> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
