Hi. Encouraged by Fabien's recent blog post<http://symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-3-what-s-next>, I thought I'd might to come out with a little proposal or thought, if you will.
We all know most websites need to store images and other files to some kind of filesystem. The default option would be server's local filesystem but there are much more powerful alternatives for developers who know their stuff, e.g. cloud CDN systems, Mongo GridFS and such. The thing is, all these systems have their own apis. It means, whenever you choose to use one, you immediately have to create a hard dependency on that filesystem's api. This might be ok if you're developing 'just another bundle for your specific app' but if you're trying to implement something more generic and more widely usable, you have a problem. In most cases our file storing needs are actually quite simple. Basic crud by key/path is something that's always needed. Also querying, metadata and uri-awareness are something that might get handy sometimes as many advanced filesystems support them. There are also solutions. I personally like the approach of Gaufrette <https://github.com/KnpLabs/Gaufrette> library. The problem is, it's not a standard in any way. And while all this sweet standardization process is going on in PHP world, I'd like to see the api of file storages being standardized at least on some level. I even think that with some enhancements Gaufrette could probably be used as a starting point. -Tomi -- -- If you want to report a vulnerability issue on Symfony, please read the procedure on http://symfony.com/security You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony developers" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-devs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to symfony-devs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-devs?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Symfony developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to symfony-devs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
