From: lee at semel dot net Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Packaging PHP Applications for Easy Distribution
Description: ------------ Since PHP is often used for distributing entire applications at once, it would be great to have a mechanism (similar to Java's WAR files) to make it easy to package, distribute, install, and configure them. I propose implementing a system for easily packaging PHP applications. A .PAR file (PHP ARchive) file is a zipfile containing the following: * All the images, includes, and php files that make up the PHP application. * a PHP.INI file configured specific to the application. PHP would ignore values from the master PHP.INI file and use the settings from the PHP.INI file inside the archive. * a WEB.XML (or WEB.INI) file defining default configuration parameters speicifc to the application. Configuration parameters should be able to be overridden by an external file, making them very easy to edit, and to provide an easy way to set up server-specific configurations when installing an application in multiple places. The application would be accessed through the browser at http://servername:port/nameofarchive/, or at another location specified by the administrator. Wioth this system, each application could have its own configuration, include path, and libraries, and installing an application becomes a matter of dropping the file into your document root. If your ISP doesn't let you change PHP.ini, simply installing the PAR file will set everything perfectly for you. No more having to worry if magic_quotes_gpc or register_globals is set correctly. No more having to worry if PEAR is installed. For more info on how Java does it: http://access1.sun.com/techarticles/simple.WAR.html -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24809&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24809&r=gnused
