R: [Phplib-users] extensions to oohforms, table

[Gaetano G. <giu...@se...>]

I've been using PHPlib for a while now, mainly on a single (big) project =
at my company.
Since I had already deployed my own DB abstraction layer, based on phpDB =
code, I retro-fitted phplib to use it.
As a testament to code modularity and good design, I must say it was =
pretty painless.

Since then I tried porting the db code to ADODB.

I like this library because it is well supported (too much in fact, 1 =
release every month or so!) and widely deployed and because the API is =
quite similar to what I used before.
I do not like this library because it tends to be buggy and have =
regressions all the time, even after years of development (and every =
time I post a patch to the author we dissent on design issues ;)...

What I would like to have now is a good framework of modules that =
cooperate together, e.g.
- smarty for templating
- adodb for db access
- phplib for extending the native php session with user/auth/perm
- xmlrpc for inter-application communication (shameless self-promotion: =
I'm writing an extension to adodb to access remote databases thru =
xml-rpc using the phpxmlrpc lib...)

This would imho avoid a lot of duplication of effort and be a solid base =
for higher-level frameworks, such as CMS frameworks.

I must confess never using the 'templating' part of phplib (I was not =
into teplates at the time), so I cannot testity for Smarty against =
phplib, I just downloaded the templating engine with the biggest =
marketshare.

I also never upgraded to the latest version of phplib mostly because:
- never ever fully understood if the lib was 100% ok with =
register_globals off
- never ever fully understood if the lib was 100% fine with php4 =
sessions and which were the good files to use in that case

Cheers
Gaetano

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: php...@li...
> [mailto:php...@li...]Per conto di=20
> Nathaniel
> Price
> Inviato: lunedi 12 aprile 2004 18:30
> A: php...@li...
> Oggetto: Re: [Phplib-users] extensions to oohforms, table
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> On 4/9/2004 3:18 PM, Clark Freifeld wrote :
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> >Hi Phplibbers,
> >
> >Way back in 1999, Eric Ries and I made some extensions to=20
> the oohforms
> >component of phplib, version 6.4 to be precise. These included some
> >fancier validation techniques and some fancier widgets,=20
> including a few
> >types of database-backed widgets. I have just recently=20
> re-integrated these
> >changes into PHPLib version 7.4, and I was wondering if=20
> anybody would be
> >interested in taking a look at them. The code is definitely=20
> not at release
> >level, but there are some nifty features.
> >
> >Anyway, if people are interested, I'll throw together a=20
> little Web page
> >with the files and some documentation on how to drop them in=20
> on top of
> >your PHPLib installation and how to use them.
> >
> >I also have made some enhancements to the table class,=20
> namely, integrating
> >it with the DB class and providing sorting via clicking on column
> >header links and more formatting flexibility. Would love to=20
> share that
> >too.
> >
> >Keep up the good work on PHPLib. I've been a loyal user for=20
> five years
> >now.
> > =20
> >
> I'd be very interested to see what you've come up with...=20
> I've worked on=20
> my own extension to oohforms that I'm using in-house for a=20
> few things,=20
> but it was mostly just a code cleanup with a couple of new=20
> features more=20
> than anything else.
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> I haven't mucked around with the table class very much, but the=20
> functionality you've described sounds like it would be a very useful=20
> addition.
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> PHPlib development seems to be pretty much stagnant as of=20
> late. I'm glad=20
> to see someone working on it.
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> This is a bit off of the topic, but one of the main reasons I like=20
> PHPlib is because its components work together well. However, when=20
> looking around at other code libraries like PEAR and ADOdb that are=20
> actively maintained, and seeing PHPlib mostly still using=20
> code designed=20
> to work with PHP3, I'm beginning to wonder if it might be worth=20
> migrating to get a more fully featured database abstraction layer.=20
> However, I wouldn't want to sacrifice the flexability that the=20
> auth/perm/user functionality offers. Does anyone have any=20
> thoughts as to=20
> what code out there to "replace" phplib? Would it be=20
> worthwhile to try=20
> to rewrite PHPlib to get rid of crufty code and add new features, or=20
> would that be duplicating efforts from other projects too much to be=20
> worth it?
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> Thanks in advance...
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> --=20
> ___________________________
> Nathaniel Price
> http://www.tesserportal.net
> Webmaster
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