need help with PHP open source class

[Uri Even-Chen]

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-29 at 10:42 +0200, Uri Even-Chen wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Meir Kriheli <meir at mksoft.co.il> wrote:
>> > >
>> > IMO PHP developers should be aware of PEAR [1] and use it when possible. The
>> > repo includes a whois class called Net_Whois [2],  maintained - current
>> > stable released last month (feature request).
>> >
>> > [1] http://pear.php.net/
>> > [2] http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Whois
>>
>> Sorry, I'm not using PEAR.  If you can implement the same
>> functionality using Net_Whois - I don't mind, but I don't want to
>> install it myself.  The PHPwhois class is good, and returns good
>> results for most domain names.
>
> What are the reasons against using PEAR (besides, of course, having to
> install additional packages in your development and deployment systems)?

It's too complicated, I'm not familar with PEAR.  As I said, if one of
you wants to do it, I don't mind using PEAR, but I don't want to do it
alone.  Also, my program uses the PHPwhois class already, so I might
have to change the program itself.  I prefer using PHPwhois and
improving it.

Uri.