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Re: [Maybe-ITP] PHP
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:28:15 -0700
- Subject: Re: [Maybe-ITP] PHP
- References: <4450F806.6000606@ukf.net>
Max Bowsher wrote:
> (1) I'm linking to postgresql. PHP without any SQL database interface
> would be a bit crippled - on the other hand, this requires *everyone*
> installing PHP to install PostgreSQL. It *ought* to be able to
> modularize the dependency into a sub-package, but persuading the
> extensions to build as DLLs is proving more complicated than I have time
> to tackle right now.
A non-modular PHP is very sub-optimal, since it doesn't allow you to
add/remove support libraries. It's either all or nothing. But I tried
in the past to get a modular one working and it was a great deal of
work, so I suppose a static PHP is better than nothing, but still
disappointing.
Brian