Re: PHP binding for LibYAML

On 4/26/08, Makoto Kuwata <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  I found the PHP binding for LibYAML.
>  php_yaml - http://www.opendogs.org/pub/php_yaml-0.3.0.tgz
>
>  The author rsky is known for QIQ, a next generation PHP.

"next generation PHP" sounds a bit loud. (offtopic on this list, anyway)

but regarding libyaml binding: that's interesting!
I looked thru the sources — looks, like there are some rough edges.
will try to run it thru some tests.

what is the status of this extension?
is it still developed? is there some subversion/cvs/git/whatever
repository available for it? why wasn't it submitted to pecl?

>
>  Usage:
>  ------------------
>  <?php
>  /// load yaml.so
>  if (! extension_loaded('yaml')) {
>     dl('yaml.so') or die('cannot load yaml.so.');
>  }
>  /// configure to parse date and timestamp
>  if (function_exists('date_create')) {
>   ini_set('yaml.decode_timestamp', 2);  // use DateTime
>  } else {
>   ini_set('yaml.decode_timestamp', 1);  // use seconds (integer)
>  }
>  /// read YAML document
>  $str = file_get_contents("example.yaml");
>  $ydoc = yaml_parse($str);
>  /// or
>  //$ydoc = yaml_parse_file("example.yaml");
>  var_dump($ydoc);
>  ?>
>  ------------------
>
>
>  I found some problems in php_yaml.
>  (a) Currently it only supports loading YAML.
>     It means that dumping is not available.
>  (b) Merge ('<<') is not supported.
>  (c) Default value ('=') is not supported.
>  (d) Scalar value can be empty string instead of NULL
>     when no data specified.
>  (e) It can't parse '2008-01-01 12:34:56'.
>
>
>  I create a patch to fixe (d) and (e).
>  http://www.kuwata-lab.com/materials/php_yaml-0.3.0.patch
>
>
>  If you want to get YAML1.1 parser in PHP, try php_yaml.
>
>  --
>  regards,
>  makoto kuwata
>
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