PHP/Mapscript testers needed for 4.6beta

[Bill Binko]

Hi everyone,

Daniel Morrisette and I have tracked down and killed an old bug (#1354) in
PHP/Mapscript that caused two big problems:

1) It required the PHP source to be available if your PHP didn't use 
the system regex libraries
2) It was very easy to build against the wrong regex, and get segfaults at 
random places.

At this point, we believe this is completely fixed: you can build with 
only PHP's #include files (no source) and both the CGI/command-line 
utilities and PHP module always use the right regex (even when they're 
different).

We've tested this in several environments, but would like a broader set of 
eyes to make sure it's working correctly before 4.6 gets released.

So, if you're currently running PHP/Mapscript and can test the 4.6beta3 
release, we'd really appreciate your feedback.

Also, if you've been avoiding PHP/Mapscript due to build complexity or
stability issues, this is a good time for you to try again: building 
PHP/Mapscript should be a simple as adding --with-php=/usr to your 
configure line (if your PHP includes are in /usr/include/php).

If you could direct your feedback to me or to the bug (#1354), that would 
be great.

Thanks
Bill