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Bug #50348 FDF not on PECL's site as stated
Submitted: 2009-12-01 02:43 UTC Modified: 2009-12-01 18:54 UTC
From: kevin at icscomp dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: FDF related
PHP Version: 5.3.1 OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-12-01 02:43 UTC] kevin at icscomp dot com 
Description:
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On this page: http://php.net/releases/5_3_0.php  it states the following:

??Moved the following extensions to PECL: ext/ming, ext/fbsql, ext/ncurses, ext/fdf.

The fdf extension is no where to be found on the PECL website, and the link points to Adobe website, but doesn't give you a clue where to find the appropriate files, nor how to install them on your PHP installation.

I have even tried using the previous php_fdf.dll and fdftk.dll from my previous installation, but it doesn't seem to recognize that they are there even after adding extension=php_fdf.dll to the php.ini.  

I would be satisfied just to have the functionality back, but am at a loss as to how to do this now.  HELP!

Expected result:
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A working FDF functionality with instructions on how to install it.

Actual result:
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No working FDF available.  No documentation on how to implement FDF with PHP.

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 [2009-12-01 04:05 UTC] philip@php.net 
There are several extensions that get moved from core into PECL but lack 
a page at pecl.php.net. However, this one (FDF) isn't even in SVN so 
this is a bug. This extension was deleted and not moved, whereas NEWS 
says it was moved.

- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/fdf/?hideattic=0

However, nothing here:

- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pecl/
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pecl/

Assigning to Pierre.
 [2009-12-01 10:01 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
no idea what's happened here. It was in CVS.
 [2009-12-01 10:23 UTC] gwynne@php.net 
Looks like fdf wasn't re-commited to PECL after it was removed from php-src in CVS. I've put the most recent revision that was in SVN (at the head of 5.2) in PECL where it apparently belongs.
 [2009-12-01 18:31 UTC] kevin at icscomp dot com 
I still don't seem to find it on the PECL site anywhere.  Can you please post a link to it?  Also, if there is some new way of implementation of it, I am hoping you will provide some documentation on how to use it, if it is different than before.

Thanks,

Kevin
 [2009-12-01 18:36 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
It is in SVN. It won't be in pecl.php.net as it is a dead package. Fetch the src from the pecl/fdf module.
 [2009-12-01 18:42 UTC] kevin at icscomp dot com 
I have found them on the SVN site here: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pecl/fdf/

But there is no php_fdf.dll or fdftk.dll.  Also, if there is some new way I need to implement the FDF extension, I don't seem any documentation on it.
 [2009-12-01 18:46 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
Please stop to open this bug again and again. It is closed now as the src are back to SVN.

If you need a DLL to work with 5.2, take the last 5.2 release, it still has it. But there is no way to get something for 5.3+.
 [2009-12-01 18:50 UTC] kevin at icscomp dot com 
As I stated in my orignal comment:

"I have even tried using the previous php_fdf.dll and fdftk.dll from my previous installation, but it doesn't seem to recognize that they are there even after adding extension=php_fdf.dll to the php.ini."

My previous version was 5.2, so this bug shouldn't be closed until there is resolution to the problem.

Thanks,

Kevin
 [2009-12-01 18:53 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
The resolution of this problem is:
- the src are now back to the PECL SVN repository
- PHP 5.2 still has fdf, use it.

Now if you can't get 5.2 working with this DLL, please go to one of the numerous support channel to get some help on how to setup PHP and its DLL correctly. But the bug tracker is not a support channel.

close it again.
 [2009-12-01 18:54 UTC] jani@php.net 
There will not be fdf extension in PHP 5.3. Period. If you have problems with the pecl extensions, use http://pecl.php.net/bugs/ to report them.
 
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