One of my side projects is resurrecting an ancient PHP directory script (an old GPL 2 version of something that's later versions have been made closed source by the original author). My revised version is publicly available but not yet promoted.
The original project checked URLs with its own logic using sockets and file reads. Unfortunately it's either buggy or isn't very compatible with modern PHP and I want to replace it rather than repair it. My preference is the cURL library but I just discovered that it isn't available by default in Debian 6.0.5's Php stack (I've just switched my debugging there from Wheezy because of the xdebug / php 5.4 incompatibility issue). Yes I know it can be easily installed with Pecl or apt-get, but these often aren't available to ordinary webmasters in shared hosting environments. Before going too far down this path I'd like to know how much I'm limiting my potential audience. Does anyone know how common cURL is in mainstream LAMP stacks, or know a page giving this in a nice summary form? I know it's in Centos and missing from Squeeze. Is there a better (more portable) option? (Must be GPL 2 compatible) Thanks Bruce PS I'm having a bad day today. This is my 3rd attempt to send this. Wrong return address, wrong to address & hopefully 3rd time's lucky. -- Bruce Clement Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement Directory: http://www.searchme.co.nz/ "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail Kalashnikov -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
