From 38b22448f819aff57157d6f84d4cf3c88bcb657d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Kokot Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 01:26:18 +0100 Subject: Remove extension readmes This patch removes several extension readmes in favor of the PHP manual and where possible. --- ext/dba/README | 54 ------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 54 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 ext/dba/README (limited to 'ext/dba') diff --git a/ext/dba/README b/ext/dba/README deleted file mode 100644 index ec0610b71f..0000000000 --- a/ext/dba/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -These functions build the foundation for accessing Berkeley DB style -databases. - -This is a general abstraction layer for several file-based databases. As -such, functionality is limited to a common subset of features supported -by modern databases such as Sleepycat Software's DB2. (This is not to be -confused with IBM's DB2 software, which is supported through the ODBC -functions.) - -This extensions allows to work with the following databases: -dbm DBM is the oldest (original) type of Berkeley DB style databases. - You should avoid it, if possible. We do not support the - compatibility functions built into DB2 and gdbm, because they are - only compatible on the source code level, but cannot handle the - original dbm format. -ndbm NDBM is a newer type and more flexible than dbm. It still has - most of the arbitrary limits of dbm (therefore it is deprecated). -gdbm GDBM is the GNU database manager. -db2 DB2 is Sleepycat Software's DB2. It's described as "a programmatic - toolkit that provides high-performance built-in database support - for both standalone and client/server applications. -db3 DB3 is Sleepycat Software's DB3. -db4 DB4 is Sleepycat Software's DB4. This is available since PHP 5.0. -cdb CDB is "a fast, reliable, lightweight package for creating and - reading constant databases." It is from the author of qmail and - can be found at http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html. Since it is constant, - we support only reading operations. And since PHP 4.3.0 we support - writing (not updating) through the internal cdb library. -cdb_make Since PHP 4.3.0 we support creation (not updating) of cdb files - when the bundled cdb library is used. -flatfile This is available since PHP 4.3.0 for compatibility with the - deprecated dbm extension only and should be avoided. However you - may use this where files were created in this format. That happens - when configure could not find any external library. -inifile This is available since PHP 4.3.3 to be able to modify php.ini - files from within PHP scripts. When working with ini files you - can pass arrays of the form array(0=>group,1=>value_name) or - strings of the form "[group]value_name" where group is optional. - As the functions dba_firstkey() and dba_nextkey() return string - representations of the key there is a new function dba_key_split() - available since PHP 5 which allows to convert the string keys into - array keys without losing FALSE. -qdbm This is available since PHP 5.0.0. The qdbm library can be loaded - from http://qdbm.sourceforge.net. - - -After configuring and compiling PHP you must execute the following test -from commandline: - php run-tests.php ext/dba. -This shows whether your combination of handlers works. Most problematic -are dbm and ndbm which conflict with many installations. The reason for -this is that on several systems these libraries are part of more than one -other library. The configuration test only prevents you from configuring -malfaunctioning single handlers but not combinations. -- cgit v1.2.1