Hi,

Le 16/09/2020 à 22:45, Ciprian Dosoftei a écrit :
> Hi all --
> 
> Just circling back for some feedback regarding the packet capture PHP
> extension :)

> URL: https://github.com/rtckit/php-pcap-ext

> I've also created a FFI counterpart
> library: https://github.com/rtckit/php-pcap-ffi


Some comments

You have some PR to review on both projects ;)

This extension (or library) requires high privileges

This mean it can only be used by root user,
of with a capability enhanced binary (cap_net_raw)

This probably reduce a lot its usage

What is the benefit of maintaining an extension if you
already have good FFI bindings ?

Especially as the extension target PHP >= 7.4 which have FFI
I will understand better an extension for PHP < 7.4 when FFI
is not available.

Also an extension is installed system-wide, but this one won't
be usable by normal users, so not really useful, while the library
can be included only for a project (composer way).


Regards,
Remi

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