[MacPorts] #15529: php5: add dbase support
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#15529: php5: add dbase support
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Reporter: ryandesign at macports.org | Owner: ryandesign at macports.org
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Enhancements
Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0
Keywords: |
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I received a request by email from Mikel King on 2008-01-29 to add support
for dbase databases, and another from Gregg Green on 2008-06-06.
This should be as simple as adding `--enable-dbase` to the
`configure.args`. No additional dependencies are needed, but warnings on
the [http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.dbase.php php web site] make me
want to put dbase support in a variant anyway. The warning reads:
>There is no support for indexes or memo fields. There is no support for
locking, too. Two concurrent web server processes modifying the same dBase
file will very likely ruin your database.
>We recommend that you do not use dBase files as your production database.
Choose any real SQL server instead; MySQL or Postgres are common choices
with PHP. dBase support is here to allow you to import and export data to
and from your web database, because the file format is commonly understood
by Windows spreadsheets and organizers.
A new dbase variant should be added to the php5 (and php5-devel (and
php4?)) port, and it should print a warning like the above when it is
selected.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15529>
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