Do you have any idea why?

- Patrick
On Apr 13, 2023 at 6:40 AM -0500, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com>, 
wrote:
> Without the missing std_list.i file, it won't. If they've added that into 
> their head, then you'll be golden. But it has been missing since the days of 
> PHP4.
>
> --Greg
>
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023, 06:12 Patrick Stephan <pstephan1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Something I discovered last night is that swig installed from apt-get 
> > > (which I am doing) is at version 4.0, which supports up to php 7.4. 
> > > Tonight, I will attempt to build swig from source, which supports php 8. 
> > > I’m crossing my fingers that that helps.
> > >
> > > - Patrick
> > > On Apr 13, 2023 at 6:05 AM -0500, Greg Hellings 
> > > <greg.helli...@gmail.com>, wrote:
> > > > Patrick,
> > > >
> > > > It has been a long time since I touched the PHP bonding build process. 
> > > > But the basic shortcoming you are encouraging is that Swig lacks 
> > > > support for converting a list from C++ into PHP.
> > > >
> > > > This isn't because PHP has no list, but because Swig bindings for PHP 
> > > > never got it added, at least not with the filename the other languages 
> > > > have.
> > > >
> > > > You will need to either go to the upstream Swig project and submit that 
> > > > feature, or write one and bundle it just for the PHP bindings directly 
> > > > in Sword. It's also possible the feature or include file is just 
> > > > different in PHP from Python and Perl, so if you discover that, then 
> > > > you could update our bindings to include the proper file. Obviously, in 
> > > > the spirit of FOSS collaboration, doing engagements directly in Swig 
> > > > would be preferred. Until then, PHP bindings will be unavailable unless 
> > > > you develop some other workaround to missing lists.
> > > >
> > > > --Greg
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2023, 23:06 Patrick Stephan <pstephan1...@gmail.com> 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Alright... So I've gotten a little bit farther...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was missing the `libtoolize --force` command before autogen. 
> > > > > > After including that command and replacing the php4 references with 
> > > > > > php8 in the php.m4, Makefile.am, and Makefile.in, I no longer get 
> > > > > > the "No rule to make target 'phpswig'. Stop." error.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I run the `make phpswig` command, this is what I get:
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > mkdir -p php
> > > > > > /usr/bin/swig -php -c++ -o php/Sword.cxx -I. -I/usr/include/sword 
> > > > > > ./sword.i
> > > > > > templates.i:3: Error: Unable to find 'std_list.i'
> > > > > > make: *** [Makefile:972: phpswig] Error 1
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That `std_list.i` file appears to be a swig file that is in its 
> > > > > > python and perl files, but not in its php files. I imagine that is 
> > > > > > what is causing this error. Does anyone know how to overcome this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - Patrick
> > > > > > On Apr 12, 2023 at 1:50 AM -0500, Peter von Kaehne 
> > > > > > <ref...@gmx.net>, wrote:
> > > > > > > I am not on my computer and speak from old memory but there is a 
> > > > > > > two-step for Perl so I guess that may be for php too .
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird 
> > > > > > > “corrections”
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 12 Apr 2023, at 06:46, Patrick Stephan 
> > > > > > > > <pstephan1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hello!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > First off, I want to thank everyone for their work in this 
> > > > > > > > project. It's an incredible work to make God's word more 
> > > > > > > > readily available.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > As the subject of the email suggests, I am trying to interface 
> > > > > > > > with the sword library with PHP. I am attempting to use the 
> > > > > > > > SWIG bindings provided, but there are no current PHP bindings 
> > > > > > > > provided. There does appear to be some older PHP 4 (PHP 8 is 
> > > > > > > > the current major version available) references in the 
> > > > > > > > Makefiles and configure file in `bindings/swig/package/` and a 
> > > > > > > > php4.m4 file. Attempting to run `make phpswig` (when you might 
> > > > > > > > run `make perlswig` according to the readme file in the swig 
> > > > > > > > directory) returns a "No rule to make target 'phpswig'. Stop." 
> > > > > > > > error. I have made some attempts to replace `php4` with `php8`, 
> > > > > > > > but that changes nothing. Anyway, I am attempting to create (or 
> > > > > > > > revive) PHP bindings for the sword library and would love some 
> > > > > > > > direction on where/how to get started. I have practically no 
> > > > > > > > experience with c/c++ or make files or swig, but if someone 
> > > > > > > > could give me a shove in the right direction, I think I can 
> > > > > > > > figure it out.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thank you everyone!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > - Patrick
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