[AVRO-627] Add PHP Avro library

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: php
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Michael Glaesemann
• Reporter: Michael Glaesemann
• Created: 25/Aug/10 19:10
• Updated: 08/Sep/10 21:08
• Resolved: 30/Aug/10 16:52

Description

I've developed a PHP library for Avro against the Avro 1.3.3 spec as part
of using Avro at myYearbook.com. It's based on the Python and Ruby
libraries. Current functionality includes schema parsing, Avro data file and
string IO.

Known issues:

• Support for field defaults is incomplete.
• Lacks RPC and protocol support, JSON encoding, and deflate codec.