This PHP extension is a work in progress set of interfaces and implementation of object-based (rather than resource- based) I/O Streams. The API is intended to fix all things.
We're not available on PECL just yet, so for now you'll need to manually install. This assumes you have a basic PHP build environment set up - if not read up here.
Once you have your build environment set up, you can clone the repository:
$ git clone git@github.com:phplang/streams2.git
Then run phpize to generate the configure script for your PHP environment:
$ phpize
Then configure the build:
$ ./configure --enable-streams2
And finally, you can make and make install (you might need sudo to install!):
$ make
$ make install
You can also run the tests in your environment to veriy everything is working:
$ make test
Primarily the discussion around this started on the wiki, where the intended use case and interfaces are listed. Feedback is welcome!