Here are the issues with master (008 is rounding issue so you can ignore for the moment)
FAILED TEST SUMMARY --------------------------------------------------------------------- InterBase: BLOB test [ext/interbase/tests/004.phpt] InterBase: transactions [ext/interbase/tests/005.phpt] InterBase: array handling [ext/interbase/tests/007.phpt] InterBase: event handling [ext/interbase/tests/008.phpt] ibase_trans(): Basic test [ext/interbase/tests/ibase_trans_001.phpt] On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:33 PM, marius adrian popa <map...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >
