[Maybe-ITP] PHP

[Brian Dessent]

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