[doc] Update README about PHP 8.4 and why this repository exists #5
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| This repository is for PHP 8.4+ as it [was decided to unbundle](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/unbundle_imap_pspell_oci8) PDO OCI / OCI8 extension from the PHP source code. | |||
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Since it builds on 8.3, can you update the versions mentioned?
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| This repository is for PHP 8.4+ as it [was decided to unbundle](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/unbundle_imap_pspell_oci8) PDO OCI / OCI8 extension from the PHP source code. | |||
| You can find the extension for PHP 8.3 (and previous) [here](https://github.com/php/php-src/tree/PHP-8.3/ext/pdo_oci). | |||
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| Documentation is at https://www.php.net/pdo_oci | |||
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| Use `pecl install pdo_oci` to install for PHP 8.2. | |||
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This appears to be completely outdated, since there have been no PECL releases for almost 20 years. Are there any plans regarding a new release? At least the RFC about unbundling pdo_oci states:
The proposal is to unbundle them: remove them from the PHP source distribution, move them to PECL, and create an initial release for them.
/cc @derickr
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I'll get to it when I next have time; I will merge the test PR as is, and do some testing, and do a release.
Lack of PECL releases was not specific to PDO_OCI. E.g https://pecl.php.net/package/pdo, https://pecl.php.net/package/pdo_mysql both haven't had releases. Back in the day it was decided (or became true) that there was a tight coupling between the vendor layer and the generic layer, and no releases were made on PECL.
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Well, PDO and pdo_mysql are still bundled with php-src, so there is no need to have new releases. But since pdo_oci has been unbundled, it would make sense to re-activate the PECL page. At least for Windows users that would be helpful, to be able to download pre-built DLLs.
I'll try to come up with a PR regarding building (and testing) on CI (for Windows).
Following a discussion in issue #4