AmfPHP

Amfphp
Developer(s)Wolfgang Hamman, John Cowen, Justin Watkins, Patrick Mineault, Wade Arnold, Ariel Sommeria-Klein
Stable release
2.2.2 Profiler / January 2016
Repository
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePHP Library
LicenseBSD
WebsiteAmfphp at Silex Labs

Amfphp is a library for creating PHP-based application back ends. Key features are support for AMF among other Protocols, and developer tools such as a service browser, a client code generator, and a performance profiler. Amfphp is used primarily for games and Apache Flex business applications.

Functionalities

  • Support for parsing AMF[1] and other protocols [2]
  • service browser [3]
  • plugin system[4]
  • Client code generation[5]

History

  • In 2002 Wolfgang Hamman reverse engineers the AMF format to create a working gateway.[6]
  • Other developers (Justin Watkins, John Cowen) implemented a good part of the Remoting framework, and released 0.9b in September 2003.
  • In December 2004, Patrick Mineault releases version 1.0
  • In October 2007 Wade Arnold took the lead of the project to bring a production ready release of Amfphp with support for the AMF3 protocol. 1.9 beta 2 is released in January 2008, but then development stalls as Wade Arnold[7] is hired by Adobe to work on Zend AMF.[8]
  • Ariel Sommeria-klein and Danny Kopping pick up the project in December 2009. Version 1.9 is released in February 2010.
  • In 2010 Silex Labs is founded, and officially takes control of the project. Ariel Sommeria-Klein takes team lead.
  • version 2.0, a near complete rewrite is released in September 2011.[9]
  • version 2.1 is released in June 2012, adding client project stub generation.[10]
  • version 2.2 is released in December 2013, adding performance profiling.[11]
  • version 2.2.1 is released in August 2014.[12]
  • version 2.2.2 is released in January 2016.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Introduction to Amfphp". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  2. ^ Using Alternative Data Formats(JSON, etc.)
  3. ^ Connecting to a Database Using Amfphp 4 RemoteObject
  4. ^ Plugins
  5. ^ Client Generators
  6. ^ Flash remoting for PHP: A responsive Client-Server Architecture for the Web
  7. ^ Wade Arnold » Zend Amf Questions, Features, Demos, Bugs? Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Zend Framework
  9. ^ Amfphp v2 Reloaded is out
  10. ^ Amfphp 2.1 Generator is out!
  11. ^ Amfphp 2.2 Profiler is out!
  12. ^ Amfphp 2.2.1 Profiler is out!
  13. ^ Updates for Amfphp and Baguette AMF


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