Subject Re: [firebird-php] Php-firebird relationship
Author Helen Borrie
At 01:11 AM 8/12/2011, Sakhile Njoko wrote:
>I have just noticed that MySql and PostgreSql are mentioned under "Related Sites" on php.net. Why is that and why is Firebird not included?

PHP doesn't get any mention on the firebirdsql.org site, either. For years and years, on the old site, it had a "placeholder" page with nothing in it. When the new website was done earlier in the year, they didn't transfer any sections that had empty content.

>Is there any tension between Firebird and Php teams? Could that be the reason php_interbase.dll is not part of the installer package? Could it be that Firebird experts don't wanna get involved in Php development? Someone please help me understand.

It seems to me that, if the PHP users in our community want/need a relationship, *you* need to do something that shows your interest. Not just one person trying to make it happen, but an active group that establishes what it wants and goes after it. The other driver groups (Java, .NET, ODBC, Python) at least show their existence to the world...even if their pages at firebirdsql.org are fairly sparse.

Helen