[phplib-users] current status of phplib

[aric c. <gre...@gm...>]

I am wondering what the current status of phplib is?

Who's still using it?
If you are, why?  Legacy applications?  Do you use it in new projects?
Is anybody interested in updating it (drop pre php4 or even pre php5
support, add new features, etc)?
If its not going to go anywhere further, what are the other options for
currently supported replacements?  Pear::auth?

I've used phplib for years.  Mainly I am using the authentication features
and I havent found anything else I like better.  But its showing its age.

I've never found the need for a templating system more advanced than
phplib's (so things like smarty just seem rediculous to me) and even then
I'm not sure I see the need for it.

The database abstraction is simple and I've not needed to use anything other
than mysql anyway.  Seems this part of phplib may be all but obsoleted by
things like pdo, so maybe it should be changed to be just an API on top of
pdo, just for compatiblity?

sessions are now handled natively in php..

I've never used the ooforms stuff so I cant comment on that.

I'm not sure phplib makes sense anymore considering things like PEAR, PDO,
etc.

The only thing keeping me using it is the authentication feature with the
perm extensions patch and the groups stuff from phpslash..

I would like to see phplib reworked and modernized around the core feature
of authentication and advanced sessions management.  I am desperately in
need of cross-site authentication functionality, which it looks like it was
discussed but never implemented, and I haven't seen any easy to use
implementations in php.


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Aric Caley,
Swiftlead Software, inc.