on 8/1/01 11:22 PM, Richard Lynch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> caveat--if there are some options that most folks would reasonably call
>> 'optional' or 'dangerous', these shouldn't be expected. i am pretty new at
>> programming and php, so i have no idea if things like this exist. i
>> personally only compile in the options i use.
>
> There are like 107 PHP third-party extensions.
i was really only talking about the features and packages that come with the
php distribution (mysql, snmp, gd, imap, etc) i may have misunderstood the
question.
>
> A couple are pretty new/raw, a couple are pretty defunct, and some are just
> so damn esoteric or have such a small user-base as to be pointless to
> install unless you really know a customer wants it...
>
> Anticipating what customers want can be tricky, though...
:)
>
> You can now compile PHP and later on add in PHP Extension Modules which is
> cool... I've done it with GD once, but it doesn't seem stable, or maybe I'm
> doing something funky in the PHP code, as it displays one image only 20%
> (ish) of the time. I'll add GD for real later, but 20% is fine for the
> proof-of-concept I'm working on right now.
>
> Anyway, you may be able to add in new PHP extensions without re-compiling
> everything, but you'll need to check up on the stability issue.
this is cool to know, thanks.
-- mike cullerton
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