"Supported Tools" section

[MacDada]

Many famous PHP tools can already be installed via PhiVE […] .... and many more!

So, the questions is: which ones exactly? Or: how do I find out?

I mean: it is my question, but also a suggestion to add the answer to the website ;-)

[theseer]

Valid Point.

But not easy to answer a question: As PHIVE deliberately does not have a central registry, there is no way to know what tools are "supported" per se. You can install everytihng via url, github- or gitlab project refeence ( e,g. vendor/project).

We also do have an alias-database - where phive list would dump all - but that's only those that bothered to register an alias.

So what would you suggest would be the best way to pro-actively answer your question on the website?

[MacDada]

what would you suggest would be the best way to pro-actively answer your question on the website?

Just mention exactly what you answered me :)

• Check the built–in alias database: phive list.
• Check at your favourite tool website if it supports Phive (does it need to support it "proactively" somehow? I still don't know that).
• Install anything via url, github/gitlab project reference (e,g. vendor/project).

[theseer]

Check at your favourite tool website if it supports Phive (does it need to support it "proactively" somehow? I still don't know that).

Nothing phive specifc actually. When using github/gitlab, it needs to provide a .phar on for a release as an attachment - obviously, otherwise phive can't do anything. And it should provide a .phar.asc with a valid signature, which would require a publicly available public gpg key (preferably on keys.openpgp.org). "Should" as one could install unsigned phars (when persuade phive with --force-accept-unsigned , but that almost kills the point of using phive ;)

I'll try to update the website later today:)

[MacDada]

I'll try to update the website later today:)

Cool, thanks for your explanations and the Phive itself :) I'm pretty sure it has its place in the PHP tool env, it just needs to be a bit more polished, so that it's actually easier to understand and use the tool than to work without it :D