Monday, 26 February 2007

Know the Best Zip for Your PHP Version

Pierre Alain Joye, in a new post over his blog talks about which Zip suits your PHP versions. He tries to clarify incessant queries by users about which zip version to use whether the bundled version of PHP4 or in 5.2+ or always rely on PECL.

He recommends not using the bundled Zip extension in PHP 4.x, the PECL version 1.0. He informs you that the later versions from 1.1.0 or later in PECL and the ones bundled in PHP from 5.2.0 and later is 100 per cent backward compatible.

He further says, PHP 5.2.0 includes Zip, and all the fixes available in PECL. He explains that the only difference between PECL's Zip and the bundled version is the release cadences. He informs you that he tries to release PECL on a monthly basis, either a development version or new features, improvements or a bug fixes. The PHP security policy may hide a problem or two in various changelogs, but both the PECL releases, and the PHP releases, will have the latest issues fixed, he says.