Comments for Paul Osman http://blog.eval.ca Thoughts on Software and Other Things Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Introduction to mod_python by paul http://blog.eval.ca/2007/01/01/introduction-to-mod_python/comment-page-1/#comment-2506 paul Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:36:37 +0000 http://blog.paulosman.com/?p=3#comment-2506 No problem, the theme is called Simplr (http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/simplr/). Cheers! No problem, the theme is called Simplr (http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/simplr/). Cheers!

]]> Comment on Introduction to mod_python by Roriboivespor http://blog.eval.ca/2007/01/01/introduction-to-mod_python/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Roriboivespor Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:05:03 +0000 http://blog.paulosman.com/?p=3#comment-2504 Sry for writing offtopic but what wordpress theme do you use? It's looking awesome!! Sry for writing offtopic but what wordpress theme do you use? It’s looking awesome!!

]]> Comment on What drove me away from Apple by Bernard http://blog.eval.ca/2008/11/30/what-drove-me-away-from-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 Bernard Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:49:17 +0000 http://blog.paulosman.com/?p=38#comment-2272 You've hit the nail on the head. I'm kind looking at the same problem here. - Apple is pricy, - They innovate with display ports and all, but they come back for more money by not giving any connector / remote, - They kind of lock you down with formats, I'm stressed that down the road, I won't be able to open my old files. But the thing is, there is no better constructed laptop, this is talking from the new unibody ones they're making. They have a nice design, I'm a sucker for design. Linux is not efficient for desktop uses. It works great on a server, but you always need to fight to get it to work your way on a laptop. This can be debated because you don't get to customize OSX. But at least, for me, it plain works. As for the files format and all, I write my doc in .TXT format and I try to use as many open format or open sources programs I can. That way, if it does change, I can alway convert or compile an old program to view them. You’ve hit the nail on the head. I’m kind looking at the same problem here.

- Apple is pricy,
- They innovate with display ports and all, but they come back for more money by not giving any connector / remote,
- They kind of lock you down with formats, I’m stressed that down the road, I won’t be able to open my old files.

But the thing is, there is no better constructed laptop, this is talking from the new unibody ones they’re making. They have a nice design, I’m a sucker for design. Linux is not efficient for desktop uses. It works great on a server, but you always need to fight to get it to work your way on a laptop. This can be debated because you don’t get to customize OSX. But at least, for me, it plain works.

As for the files format and all, I write my doc in .TXT format and I try to use as many open format or open sources programs I can. That way, if it does change, I can alway convert or compile an old program to view them.

]]> Comment on Wrapping C++ Classes in a PHP Extension by toudi http://blog.eval.ca/2009/04/21/wrapping-c-classes-in-a-php-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-439 toudi Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:13:03 +0000 http://eval.ca/?p=91#comment-439 hi paul - i have read Your tutorial and everything went just fine to the moment i needed to chain a method in c++ class. what i mean by this is i would like to call Car->accelerate()->brake() using Your example and it works in c++ (one only needs to change the return type from void into Car*), but i haven't found anything similar to RETURN_OBJECT in zend engine so that i could expose those methods to php. how one can accomplish this? do i have to define my own function RETURN_OBJECT? if so, how? best regards, toudi hi paul – i have read Your tutorial and everything went just fine to the moment i needed to chain a method in c++ class. what i mean by this is i would like to call Car->accelerate()->brake() using Your example and it works in c++ (one only needs to change the return type from void into Car*), but i haven’t found anything similar to RETURN_OBJECT in zend engine so that i could expose those methods to php. how one can accomplish this? do i have to define my own function RETURN_OBJECT? if so, how?

best regards, toudi

]]> Comment on Wrapping C++ Classes in a PHP Extension by Pedro2 http://blog.eval.ca/2009/04/21/wrapping-c-classes-in-a-php-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Pedro2 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:16:19 +0000 http://eval.ca/?p=91#comment-325 Thanks for your help! Unfortunately, I have to use structs in my PHP extension. Some suggestions for it? Thanks for your help! Unfortunately, I have to use structs in my PHP extension. Some suggestions for it?

]]> Comment on Wrapping C++ Classes in a PHP Extension by paul http://blog.eval.ca/2009/04/21/wrapping-c-classes-in-a-php-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-290 paul Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:24:04 +0000 http://eval.ca/?p=91#comment-290 Hi Pedro, wrapping C functions shouldn't be an issue at all. PHP is written in C (and most of the extensions you write will be in C) so there really isn't anything to do... if you have a function in C that you would like to make available to userspace scripts, just call it from a PHP_FUNCTION. The only issue you will have to deal with is converting parameters and return values between zend values and the respective C types. Luckily, unless you are dealing with structs, this too should be relatively simple. Hope that helps! Hi Pedro, wrapping C functions shouldn’t be an issue at all. PHP is written in C (and most of the extensions you write will be in C) so there really isn’t anything to do… if you have a function in C that you would like to make available to userspace scripts, just call it from a PHP_FUNCTION. The only issue you will have to deal with is converting parameters and return values between zend values and the respective C types. Luckily, unless you are dealing with structs, this too should be relatively simple. Hope that helps!

]]> Comment on Wrapping C++ Classes in a PHP Extension by Pedro http://blog.eval.ca/2009/04/21/wrapping-c-classes-in-a-php-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Pedro Sat, 16 May 2009 21:56:29 +0000 http://eval.ca/?p=91#comment-174 Hello, your tutorial is very useful, thanks for it. Do you know some article that explains "wrappping c functions"?. I think that the process will be very similar but I don't know clearly how to do it, what do you think?. Thanks Hello, your tutorial is very useful, thanks for it. Do you know some article that explains “wrappping c functions”?. I think that the process will be very similar but I don’t know clearly how to do it, what do you think?. Thanks

]]> Comment on Wrapping C++ Classes in a PHP Extension by paul http://blog.eval.ca/2009/04/21/wrapping-c-classes-in-a-php-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-122 paul Fri, 01 May 2009 18:15:04 +0000 http://eval.ca/?p=91#comment-122 Hi Mark, thanks for the feedback. I may have a reason to port an existing C++ extension to Windows so I'll likely be researching the Windows build process quite a bit. I'll make sure to write something up on that topic if I do end up doing it. Hi Mark, thanks for the feedback. I may have a reason to port an existing C++ extension to Windows so I’ll likely be researching the Windows build process quite a bit. I’ll make sure to write something up on that topic if I do end up doing it.

]]> Comment on Wrapping C++ Classes in a PHP Extension by mark http://blog.eval.ca/2009/04/21/wrapping-c-classes-in-a-php-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-121 mark Fri, 01 May 2009 18:01:15 +0000 http://eval.ca/?p=91#comment-121 Thanks!.....can you write an article about how to load an *.lib or *.dll on windows..... Thanks!…..can you write an article about how to load an *.lib or *.dll on windows…..

]]> Comment on PHP Pluralize Method by Simple PHP Pluralize | Nerdy Dork http://blog.eval.ca/2007/03/03/php-pluralize-method/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Simple PHP Pluralize | Nerdy Dork Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:12:21 +0000 http://blog.paulosman.com/?p=17#comment-78 [...] recently wrote a simple function that did the task for me. I know there are PHP Pluralize functions out there, but they are a bit overkill for my needs. I got this idea from the way Django templates [...] [...] recently wrote a simple function that did the task for me. I know there are PHP Pluralize functions out there, but they are a bit overkill for my needs. I got this idea from the way Django templates [...]

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