RE: [PHP] class PHP
Best I can figure, it's a very verbose description of a process analogous
to using mod_rewrite to parse requests ending in .class and pass them off
to a wrapper that instantiates the eponymous class (i.e., about 2 minutes
of programming).
But it was a little hard to get through, so I may have misread it.
miguel
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, John Holmes wrote:
Can someone translate this to English?
-Original Message-
From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] class PHP
The text of this proposal, test code, and updates live at
petermoulding.com/class. I place it here for discussion of the best
approach before people build code.
Class PHP
An invention for a classier PHP.
This invention uses PHP classes as Web pages. The invention can be
implemented as a wrapper around PHP or as an enhancement to PHP. In
Apache 2, the invention can be implemented as a filter to precede PHP.
I
will give a quick outline of the requirement, then sketches of
implementations, then detailed examples prototyped using PHP.
The invention is named class. An Apache implementation could be a
module
named class. If you write code to implement this invention, suffix the
project name with your name as in class_John.
To prevent a rapacious company copyrighting this invention using the
excuse that it is a business process or anything else they can
copyright, I declare my copyright on everything in this invention and
any processes derivable from this. Please make your code
implementations
GPL, www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, and mention my page at
petermoulding.com/class.
Invention Requirement
The main requirement is to replace PHP's page input with invented
input.
Here is a file named any_class.class that containing a PHP class named
any_class:
?php
class any_class
{
function any_class()
{
/* code to build a Web page. */
}
}
?
Here is a Web page containing a PHP script to build the entire page
using the PHP class any_class:
?php
include_once(any_class.class);
$any_class = new any_class();
?
The invention makes PHP initiate any_class.class as if any_class were
included and instantiated by the example Web page.
PHP Wrapper
The invention could be implemented as a module for Apache or another
Web
server by writing a wrapper for PHP. The wrapper would accept a call
from Apache then pass the call on to PHP so PHP could perform 100%
unaltered as if PHP were called direct from Apache.
The module would look for class requests with a page of the form
*.class
then intercept the URL and prepare to pass invented input to PHP. The
Apache configuration parameters can ensure all requests for class go
to
class and only requests for class to class. In a mixed class/PHP
environment, the requested class can go to class and the PHP requests
can go direct to PHP. There could also be a check in class for a class
file so that all requests are directed to class and class processes
just
those with a matching class file.
When class finds a valid class request, class builds a PHP Web page
that
includes the class file and initiates the class. To make PHP read the
invented Web page, you could trap PHP's Web page read and substitute
the
invented page. As PHP has to access files within the constraints of a
Web server, the access technique could vary from release to release
and
across Web servers. I will describe two quick implementation
possibilities.
If PHP reads files via Apache's file read functions (or an equivalent
on
other web servers), class gets to view all file requests from PHP to
Apache and monitor all replies. Class can then pass the invented page
back to PHP without the request reaching Apache. PHP remains untouched
by class.
Where a Web server does not provide file access functions or PHP
chooses
to not use those functions, class would need a modification to PHP to
intercept file reads. The interception depends on the exact
compilation
of PHP and would be in the form of a wrapper around a file access
routine in PHP. The wrapper (or interception layer) needs to be at a
level where the code can see file names and subvert the whole file
read
process. Interception at this level requires PHP release dependent
coding and is a step toward the PHP enhancement described next.
PHP Enhancement
A PHP enhancement would be an implementation of the invention direct
within PHP's code so that PHP can react to class requests in
conjunction
with an external process or without an external process. The ultimate
enhancement would be to incorporate the whole invention within PHP so
there are no additional installation steps required.
A PHP enhancement could use a wrapper as described in PHP Wrapper or
the
Apache 2 filter described
RE: [PHP] class PHP
Can someone translate this to English?
-Original Message-
From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] class PHP
The text of this proposal, test code, and updates live at
petermoulding.com/class. I place it here for discussion of the best
approach before people build code.
Class PHP
An invention for a classier PHP.
This invention uses PHP classes as Web pages. The invention can be
implemented as a wrapper around PHP or as an enhancement to PHP. In
Apache 2, the invention can be implemented as a filter to precede PHP.
I
will give a quick outline of the requirement, then sketches of
implementations, then detailed examples prototyped using PHP.
The invention is named class. An Apache implementation could be a
module
named class. If you write code to implement this invention, suffix the
project name with your name as in class_John.
To prevent a rapacious company copyrighting this invention using the
excuse that it is a business process or anything else they can
copyright, I declare my copyright on everything in this invention and
any processes derivable from this. Please make your code
implementations
GPL, www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, and mention my page at
petermoulding.com/class.
Invention Requirement
The main requirement is to replace PHP's page input with invented
input.
Here is a file named any_class.class that containing a PHP class named
any_class:
?php
class any_class
{
function any_class()
{
/* code to build a Web page. */
}
}
?
Here is a Web page containing a PHP script to build the entire page
using the PHP class any_class:
?php
include_once(any_class.class);
$any_class = new any_class();
?
The invention makes PHP initiate any_class.class as if any_class were
included and instantiated by the example Web page.
PHP Wrapper
The invention could be implemented as a module for Apache or another
Web
server by writing a wrapper for PHP. The wrapper would accept a call
from Apache then pass the call on to PHP so PHP could perform 100%
unaltered as if PHP were called direct from Apache.
The module would look for class requests with a page of the form
*.class
then intercept the URL and prepare to pass invented input to PHP. The
Apache configuration parameters can ensure all requests for class go
to
class and only requests for class to class. In a mixed class/PHP
environment, the requested class can go to class and the PHP requests
can go direct to PHP. There could also be a check in class for a class
file so that all requests are directed to class and class processes
just
those with a matching class file.
When class finds a valid class request, class builds a PHP Web page
that
includes the class file and initiates the class. To make PHP read the
invented Web page, you could trap PHP's Web page read and substitute
the
invented page. As PHP has to access files within the constraints of a
Web server, the access technique could vary from release to release
and
across Web servers. I will describe two quick implementation
possibilities.
If PHP reads files via Apache's file read functions (or an equivalent
on
other web servers), class gets to view all file requests from PHP to
Apache and monitor all replies. Class can then pass the invented page
back to PHP without the request reaching Apache. PHP remains untouched
by class.
Where a Web server does not provide file access functions or PHP
chooses
to not use those functions, class would need a modification to PHP to
intercept file reads. The interception depends on the exact
compilation
of PHP and would be in the form of a wrapper around a file access
routine in PHP. The wrapper (or interception layer) needs to be at a
level where the code can see file names and subvert the whole file
read
process. Interception at this level requires PHP release dependent
coding and is a step toward the PHP enhancement described next.
PHP Enhancement
A PHP enhancement would be an implementation of the invention direct
within PHP's code so that PHP can react to class requests in
conjunction
with an external process or without an external process. The ultimate
enhancement would be to incorporate the whole invention within PHP so
there are no additional installation steps required.
A PHP enhancement could use a wrapper as described in PHP Wrapper or
the
Apache 2 filter described next but use those devices just to trigger
class processing then perform the whole processing within PHP. This
approach has the advantage that the processing is independent of the
trigger method and the trigger method is free from processing code.
The PHP enhancement could discover the need for class processing by
whatever method suits the web server environment. The enhancement
would
then verify the action is valid within constrains specified in
php.ini,
verify a class
RE: [PHP] class PHP
Whatever it says the guy took a lot of time to write it out lol
-Original Message-
From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: April 28, 2002 3:46 AM
To: 'Peter'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] class PHP
Can someone translate this to English?
-Original Message-
From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] class PHP
The text of this proposal, test code, and updates live at
petermoulding.com/class. I place it here for discussion of the best
approach before people build code.
Class PHP
An invention for a classier PHP.
This invention uses PHP classes as Web pages. The invention can be
implemented as a wrapper around PHP or as an enhancement to PHP. In
Apache 2, the invention can be implemented as a filter to precede PHP.
I
will give a quick outline of the requirement, then sketches of
implementations, then detailed examples prototyped using PHP.
The invention is named class. An Apache implementation could be a
module
named class. If you write code to implement this invention, suffix the
project name with your name as in class_John.
To prevent a rapacious company copyrighting this invention using the
excuse that it is a business process or anything else they can
copyright, I declare my copyright on everything in this invention and
any processes derivable from this. Please make your code
implementations
GPL, www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, and mention my page at
petermoulding.com/class.
Invention Requirement
The main requirement is to replace PHP's page input with invented
input.
Here is a file named any_class.class that containing a PHP class named
any_class:
?php
class any_class
{
function any_class()
{
/* code to build a Web page. */
}
}
?
Here is a Web page containing a PHP script to build the entire page
using the PHP class any_class:
?php
include_once(any_class.class);
$any_class = new any_class();
?
The invention makes PHP initiate any_class.class as if any_class were
included and instantiated by the example Web page.
PHP Wrapper
The invention could be implemented as a module for Apache or another
Web
server by writing a wrapper for PHP. The wrapper would accept a call
from Apache then pass the call on to PHP so PHP could perform 100%
unaltered as if PHP were called direct from Apache.
The module would look for class requests with a page of the form
*.class
then intercept the URL and prepare to pass invented input to PHP. The
Apache configuration parameters can ensure all requests for class go
to
class and only requests for class to class. In a mixed class/PHP
environment, the requested class can go to class and the PHP requests
can go direct to PHP. There could also be a check in class for a class
file so that all requests are directed to class and class processes
just
those with a matching class file.
When class finds a valid class request, class builds a PHP Web page
that
includes the class file and initiates the class. To make PHP read the
invented Web page, you could trap PHP's Web page read and substitute
the
invented page. As PHP has to access files within the constraints of a
Web server, the access technique could vary from release to release
and
across Web servers. I will describe two quick implementation
possibilities.
If PHP reads files via Apache's file read functions (or an equivalent
on
other web servers), class gets to view all file requests from PHP to
Apache and monitor all replies. Class can then pass the invented page
back to PHP without the request reaching Apache. PHP remains untouched
by class.
Where a Web server does not provide file access functions or PHP
chooses
to not use those functions, class would need a modification to PHP to
intercept file reads. The interception depends on the exact
compilation
of PHP and would be in the form of a wrapper around a file access
routine in PHP. The wrapper (or interception layer) needs to be at a
level where the code can see file names and subvert the whole file
read
process. Interception at this level requires PHP release dependent
coding and is a step toward the PHP enhancement described next.
PHP Enhancement
A PHP enhancement would be an implementation of the invention direct
within PHP's code so that PHP can react to class requests in
conjunction
with an external process or without an external process. The ultimate
enhancement would be to incorporate the whole invention within PHP so
there are no additional installation steps required.
A PHP enhancement could use a wrapper as described in PHP Wrapper or
the
Apache 2 filter described next but use those devices just to trigger
class processing then perform the whole processing within PHP. This
approach has the advantage that the processing is independent of the
trigger method and the trigger method is free from processing code
