I've thought about this for the remainder of the day, and I can't see
any good reason why this functionality should not be implemented into
the core; it's basic fucntionality, a safe way of doing things and
couldn't take more than a day or two to add in from a single developer,
and surely it'd be no more than a couple of kb's worth compiled, if that!
Also, it's a bit of minor piece of functionality to warrent a PECL/PEAR
Extension, and even more hassle for somebody to reasearch, find and
download it - all to do some basic arithmetic.
Can anybody give me an argument as to why this functionality should not
be incorporated into the core?
Many Regards
Nathan Rixham
Alexey Zakhlestin wrote:
On 12/7/07, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, an easy way to handle this functionality that is safe to use with
user input would be REALLY nice.
Specifically for allowing users to specify custom formulas to do all
sorts of nifty stuff. Especially in reporting and payroll/commission
applications.
We're currently working on a reporting class where we would like the
user to able to specify custom columns in XML, ie:
$col5 = ($col1 / $col2) * ($col3 / $col4)
Or in our payroll application where customers want to calculate custom
commissions for sales people:
$commission = ($gross_sales - $gross_pay - $medical_benefits -
$chargebacks) * $employee_commission_bracket
In this case, you might find embedding usable…
http://pecl.php.net/package/lua
http://pecl.php.net/package/python
http://pecl.php.net/package/perl
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