CORBA for PHP: PHP5 CORBA Extension

CORBA for PHP: PHP5 CORBA Extension
(at sourceforge.net)

News

2005-08-20	Since I'm experiencing some delicated personal problems this year and can't give this project the dedication it requires, I decided to release all I've got in CVS: extension, compiler, pbc(PHP Base Classes) and tests. I'll still be the maintaner of this project and keep trying to finish this work. Any help will be really welcome.
2004-06-20	Starting the server-side implementation: mapping the MICO Servant to PHP.
2004-05-20	Got interoperability with IDL::Fixed between JacORB and CORBA4PHP(MICO).
2004-02-28	Monograph(pt-BR) and IDL-to-PHP Language Mapping Specification released.
2004-02-26	File release soon...
2004-02-19	Fixing the object "storing" due to "New destructors implementation" introduced in the engine.
2003-12-15	Interoperability test: Sun and JacORB passed !
2003-11-10	IDL to PHP Compiler(idl2php) running. See project status below.
2003-10-20	IDL to PHP Language Mapping Specification v0.1 almost done.

Introduction

CORBA for PHP is a PHP5 extension to use CORBA objects in PHP. If you need a PHP4 extension, Universe is the answer !

The purpose of this project is to provide:

an IDL-to-PHP language mapping specification;
an IDL-to-PHP language compiler(idl2php);
a full CORBA 2.4(maybe 3.0) compliant extension.

Status of this project

IDL-to-PHP Language Mapping Specification is in alpha stage.
IDL-to-PHP Language Compiler(idl2php) is in alpha stage. What's working:

Very simple IDL generates 100% running PHP code !
All MICO tests run without compiler errors.
In some cases, the resulting PHP code is not 100% working, so the PHP language compiler(PHP code generator) needs some bug fixing.

CORBA for PHP is in pre-alpha stage. What's working:

Get or create an instance of the ORB
Get an instance of a running CORBA object
Call methods on the remote object - at the moment only simple types(integers, floats, string and boolean) and Objects(org::omg::CORBA::Object) are allowed.
Oneway, in, out, inout
CORBA exceptions propagate and can be caught by userspace PHP script
Works with apache 2.0 worker (multiprocess + multithreaded)

Documentation

IDL to PHP Language Mapping Specification v0.1 in PDF format (OMG formal document format);[en-US]
Monograph: Distributed Application Support in PHP5(ZE2) with CORBA.[pt-BR] [en-US]

Source Code

Supporting the development of CORBA for PHP

I really need your help! Send patches for the specification, compiler or CORBA extension to me

About the author

My name is Cristiano da Cunha Duarte(http://cunha17.theicy.net/personal) and I'm graduated in Computer Science by the Minas Gerais Catholic University (http://www.pucminas.br).
This project is my monograph and final project for the specialist degree in Computer Network Application Design at Brasilia University (http://www.unb.br).

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