Thanks Lester, Myles and Helen. You all have helped me understand what is going on. Please don't tire of people like me. Most importantly, I realise it is up to me (and everyone else interested) to change the status quo. 



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From: Lester Caine <lester@...>
To: firebird-php@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011, 22:02
Subject: Re: [firebird-php] Php-firebird relationship


 
Helen Borrie 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.
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>> >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.

Of cause the bulk of the PHP material was/is on the wiki site, which also
demonstrated Firebird and PHP ...

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