On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Edmund Hertle < edmund.hertle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2009/1/20 Nathan Rixham <nrixham@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Project: PHP Common Objects and Datatypes > > > > method: for everybody who wishes to contribute, and for everybody to > > review, discuss and work on the same classes. > > > > what are they: classes we can all use, that have been discussed, reviewed > > and agreed between many great developers around the world. > > > > the classes: all the common ones we can re-use from "User" to "Address" > > "Email" "Article" and beyond, also perhaps wrappers for primatives / > > scalars. > > > > expanding: extra abstract classes we can also use, common interfaces for > > the above; eventually maybe utility classes as well. > > > > the idea wouldn't be a framework or another php classes, more of a repo > > full of common classes to save us all some time, and as a nice project > > anybody can contribute to and which we can all discuss and debate the > finer > > grained details. > > > > additional: these would maybe be best to stick to common usage, so if we > > have say a "User" class in our own project with specific needs, we can > > simply extend the base user class and add our own functionality. > > > > thinking of putting this distraction and debate time to good use that we > > can all benefit from. > > > > would also propose sticking to php 5.X [we could decide a version] and > > obviously OO; but then if the procedural guys wanted they could as well. > > > > maybe it's just me, no commitment, no solid work, just bits of contrib > and > > discussion / feedback. > > Sounds good to me, even if there won't be some classes at the end, > discussing basic needs for basic classes like those above is appreciated > (IMO) > > Well, isn't beta 5.3 around the corner? Than why not stick to that and > maybe > improve of some of the new features > I'm in. -- Kyle Terry | www.kyleterry.com
