What is the difference between the PHP and the newly created PHP-cURL
zakaria16 opened this issue · 5 comments
I returned back to the code only to find a new branch for PHP has been created
what is the key difference between the old PHP and the new PHP-cURL branch?
The old php branch API's uses cURL. Can you explain the difference to me?
Hi @zakaria16! Welcome back! From the look of it, there isn't much difference, just presentation I guess and layout or approach. Anyhow, this repo is aimed at having as many MoMo implementations as possible. Any programming language and even different perspectives in the same language.
Hello @Chizzoz i get it i just wanted to know the reason for it, so i know which one to work on, however, I think creating different branches for same programming language to me is not a good idea
If there was one approach to do it, for a specific language, it would make sense to only have one. I have come across different PHP implementations, some which even use dependencies. To be specific on the use cases for PHP and PHP-cURL branches. I reckon if you have a programming background with understanding of classes and instantiation (OOP) or you want to "include" functions from other files, you could go with PHP. If you have a single file where you want initiate and complete the transactions with existing code, you could use PHP-cURL. Same objective, different file structure. There are also some differences in error handling.
But, inline with your concern, I will say it is not a very good idea to have different programming languages in one GitHub repository as branches. I would be better to have each implementation as it's own repository. Maintaining the structure as is could be quite a headache, but I was avoiding having too many repo's. Maybe at some point, each branch can be migrated to it's own repo, with different people maintaining them.
Alright. I think we can close this issue
Alright chief!