[PHP-DEV] Variable Reference Counters

2002-09-06 Thread Tom Oram
Hi, In the Zend Engine I assume each (referenced) variable has some sort of reference counter so that when the last reference is lost the memory is freed up, am I right? If I am has anyone ever suggested or are there any plans to make this available to the php scripts, this goes for the object

Re: [PHP-DEV] Variable Reference Counters

2002-09-06 Thread Marcus Börger
At 11:43 06.09.2002, Tom Oram wrote: Hi, In the Zend Engine I assume each (referenced) variable has some sort of reference counter so that when the last reference is lost the memory is freed up, am I right? If I am has anyone ever suggested or are there any plans to make this available to the

Re: [PHP-DEV] Status of mysql_db_query()

2002-09-06 Thread Georg Richter
On Saturday 24 August 2002 15:42, Zeev Suraski wrote: 8 months too late I noticed that someone has deprecated mysql_db_query(). Can anybody explain the reasoning for deprecating it? Other than breaking tons of sites, I don't see any advantage to it. Even for efficiency junkies,

[PHP-DEV] RE: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 /ext/xml xml.c

2002-09-06 Thread Ananth Kesari
Hi, I am working on porting PHP for NetWare. I am committing changes into the PHP CVS source tree from a couple of days now. James wrote to me today that I am doing something wrong during commiting. I wrote the below mail to him seeking clarifications, but the mail bounced back! Can anyone

Re: [PHP-DEV] RE: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 /ext/xml xml.c

2002-09-06 Thread Marcus Börger
You changed some ifdef statments by adding NETWARE for example: -#ifndef PHP_WIN32 +/*#ifndef PHP_WIN32*/ +#if !defined(PHP_WIN32) !defined(NETWARE) Here as allways in your commits you commented out the old ifdef stament and added the new one. That is not a good idea. Simply change the ifdef

Re: [PHP-DEV] Variable Reference Counters

2002-09-06 Thread Marcus Börger
The function get_reference_count() could be helpful with garbage collection. For example most people using Java do not know when the garbage collection fails like collections, double linked lists and such. I guess your point was to addresses exactly this circumstance. If so that function would

[PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread Devon O'Dell
Hi All, I hope this is the right place to post this, I couldn't find a valid place to put this on bugs.php.net. Please correct me if this isn't the right place. Browsing through the bug list, I sometimes get mysql errors when browsing searching for bugs using the input field at the top

Re: [PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread Dan Kalowsky
Yeah I've had this problem too since it's moved. So far my answer has been to reload the page, and it goes away. Although I've made mention of it to Derick and Jani. On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Devon O'Dell wrote: Hi All, I hope this is the right place to post this, I couldn't find a valid place

Re: [PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread Markus Fischer
Wait :) You mean even php.net doesn't follow the recommendation to no display errors but log them into some file or so ... ? :) On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 10:37:19AM -0400, Dan Kalowsky wrote : Yeah I've had this problem too since it's moved. So far my answer has been to reload the

Re: [PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
In our case, nobody would check the logs. Easier to let users read them for us and let us know. Sounds like something is fishy with the new MySQL 4 setup we are using on the new server. -Rasmus On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Markus Fischer wrote: Wait :) You mean even php.net doesn't follow the

RE: [PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread James Cox
agreed, although I can't do much to it, i have had a look. -- james In our case, nobody would check the logs. Easier to let users read them for us and let us know. Sounds like something is fishy with the new MySQL 4 setup we are using on the new server. -Rasmus On Fri, 6 Sep 2002,

RE: [PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread Marcus Börger
Just a thought: Why not make mail list for the websites and send a mail for those to that mailing list instead of letting the users report them? marcus At 17:22 06.09.2002, James Cox wrote: agreed, although I can't do much to it, i have had a look. -- james In our case, nobody would

RE: [PHP-DEV] [BUG] bugs.php.net bugs

2002-09-06 Thread James Cox
[EMAIL PROTECTED] i _guess_ we can turn that into an ezmlm list but it's nice to be able to monitor who's on it and be sure.. (incase sensitive info gets passed around). -- james -Original Message- From: Marcus Borger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002

[PHP-DEV] [PATCH] ./config.status: test: =: unary operator expected

2002-09-06 Thread Melvyn Sopacua
Hi, small fix, for when variables are not set: Index: configure.in === RCS file: /repository/php4/configure.in,v retrieving revision 1.371 diff -u -r1.371 configure.in --- configure.in4 Sep 2002 18:47:21 - 1.371

[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.2.3 released

2002-09-06 Thread Zeev Suraski
PHP 4.2.3 has been released. It is a maintenance release and includes a large number of fixes for the previous 4.2.2 version. 4.2.3 is a recommended upgrade for all users of PHP, and particularly Windows users. Full list of changes: - Enabled strcoll() on win32. (Markus) - Fixed possible

Re: [PHP-DEV] Status of mysql_db_query()

2002-09-06 Thread Melvyn Sopacua
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Georg Richter wrote: [..] GR Cause the mysql-clientlib has no functionallity to determine the current GR selected database ist not possible to set the previous selected(default) db GR via mysql_select_db() back. The db field in the mysql structure only contains One can

[PHP-DEV] Larry Wall on PHP [and other topics]

2002-09-06 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
I confess, I have a soft spot in my heart for inside-out languages like PHP. The first real compiler I ever wrote was for a sort of text-processing macro language in which the commands were embedded in the data. This is part of a more general class of programming languages in which a

[PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 4.2.3 released

2002-09-06 Thread nicos
Nice work. -- Nicos - CHAILLAN Nicolas [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.WorldAKT.com - Hébergement de sites Internet Zeev Suraski [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHP 4.2.3 has been released. It is a maintenance release and includes a large number of fixes for the

[PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 4.2.3 released

2002-09-06 Thread Remus Agundar
No announcement in php.announce? Zeev Suraski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 5.1.0.14.2.20020906171453.01c4d668@localhost">news:5.1.0.14.2.20020906171453.01c4d668@localhost... PHP 4.2.3 has been released. It is a maintenance release and includes a large number of fixes for the previous

[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.2.3 Released...

2002-09-06 Thread Stefan Esser
Hi, could someone from group please add atleast md5 hashes of the php 4.2.3 files to download.php? And if possible zeev/edin create a detached gpg/pgp signature with your personal key. (.asc files). I asked for this several times and always hear: We will do it the next time. You can think 1000

[PHP-DEV] sockets extension

2002-09-06 Thread Brian Lalor
Do the maintainers of the PHP sockets extension ever intend to get their act together and cement the API, or are people who need this functionality going to be forced to rewrite their code everytime there's a new point-release of PHP? -- Brian Lalor |

Re: [PHP-DEV] sockets extension

2002-09-06 Thread Wez Furlong
Which part of EXPERIMENTAL in the docs at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.socket-select.php don't you understand? If you're so desparate to have things cemented, write a patch, post it here and we'll commit it. If you don't have the skills, you might consider offering those that do some

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.2.3 released

2002-09-06 Thread Markus Fischer
It would be nice if someone with karma could add the NEWS/ChangeLog somewhere to the release. Users not following the groups/lists are left int he dark. Besides that, the list misses the Added UTF-8 support to pcre on windows On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 08:12:02PM +0300, Zeev