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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984030918-17102006><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>It's not a competition... </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984030918-17102006><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Besides which a well coded PHP application should be able
to work on any environment which is why you should check to see if functionality
is present and where possible run long hand. It's alright taking short cuts or
assumptions when you are hosting the site or service. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984030918-17102006><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If you are looking to write a commercial application which
can be run cross platform on clients own infrastructure you need to have a belt
and braces approach, hence the code I posted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984030918-17102006><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If you read the question Alan was having a problem with
compiling anyway so simply installing libzip will have no effect if the
configure fails to create the make file.. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=984030918-17102006><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Anyway 10 gold stars well done ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> phpwm-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:phpwm-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stephen
Parkes<BR><B>Sent:</B> 17 October 2006 16:07<BR><B>To:</B> West Midlands PHP
User Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Phpwm] installing ZIP
functions<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/17/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>David
Goodwin</B> <<A
href="mailto:david@codepoets.co.uk">david@codepoets.co.uk</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Stephen
Parkes wrote :<BR><BR>> are my messages getting through? because
I gave the answer asked for first<BR>> reply?<BR><BR>I saw your
reply...<BR><BR>You could have checked the list archive page
....<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Cheers David, <BR><BR>I just wondered if the <A
href="http://lug.org.uk">lug.org.uk</A> servers where ignoring messages I send
via gmail again.<BR><BR>Still doesn't explain why everyone is running around
looking at slow php only solutions when the real answer is so simple :) <BR><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Steve 'sparkes' Parkes - tshirts <A
href="http://nerd.ws">http://nerd.ws</A> - code <A
href="http://zx-81.com">http://zx-81.com</A> </BODY></HTML>