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Speaking for myself, I'd rather not deal with Zend more than I have to. After fighting two different Zend battles in the past couple of weeks, I'd rather deal with the smaller package that's also an easy install :c) Thanks, Becky On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Coombs,Karen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > One project I'm working on for OCLC right now is building a set of > object-oriented client libraries in PHP that will assist developers with > interacting with our web services. The first of these libraries we'd like > to release provides classes for authentication and authorization to our web > services. You can read more about Authentication/Authorization and our web > services on the Developer Network site<http://oc.lc/devnet> > > The purpose of this project is to make a simple and easy to use object > oriented library that supports our various authentication methods. > > This library need to make HTTP requests and I've looked at a number of > potential libraries and HTTP clients in PHP. > > Why am I not just considering using CURL natively? > > The standard CURL functions in PHP are not object-oriented. All of our > code libraries (both our authentication/authorization library and future > libraries for interacting with the REST services themselves) need to > perform a robust set of HTTP interactions. Using the standard CURL > functions would very likely increase the size of the code libraries and the > potential for errors and inconsistencies within the code base because of > how much we use HTTP. > > Given this, I believe there are three possible options and would like to > get the community's feedback on which option you would prefer. > > Option 1. - Write my own HTTP Client on top of the standard PHP CURL > implementation. This means people using the code library can only download > it and now worry about any dependencies. However, that means adding extra > code to our library which, although essential, isn't at the core of what > we're trying to support. My fear is that my client will never be as good as > an existing client. > > Option 2. - Use HTTPful code library (http://phphttpclient.com/). This is > a well developed and supported code base which is designed specifically to > support REST interactions. It is easy to install via Composer or Phar, or > manually. It is slim and trim and only does the HTTP Client functions. It > does create a dependency on an external (but small) library. > > Option 3. - Use the Zend 2 HTTPClient. This is a well developed and > supported code base. The biggest downside is that Zend is a massive code > library to require. A developer could choose to download only the specific > set of classes that we are dependent on, but asking people to do this may > prove confusing to some developers. > > I'd appreciate your feedback so we can provide the most useful set of > libraries to the community. > > Karen > > Karen A. Coombs > Senior Product Analyst > WorldShare Platform > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > 614-764-4068 > Skype: librarywebchic >