Ideas for a CVS interface from php

[Mthales]

I am working on a system of php scripts and as part of this I would like to be able to interact with the CVS repository that is on the client where the scripts run.

What I would really like to do is query the repositary to make a list of modules. Then when the user selects one of these make a list of tags that are on that module. Finally when the user selects one of these tags I want to display the cvs status for all the files marked with that tag to the user in a "nice" way.

The only way I can think of achieving this is to use exec commands to navigate the CVS repository and to pipe the info I want out to text files that I then parse to produce what the user sees in the lists and final displays.

Could any of you please sugest a better way of do this?

M

Trainee Chocolate Management Executive.

 

[DRJ478]

I would use FreeBSD-CVSweb. It's all functional, no need to build anything new.

 

[Mthales]

Thanks for the idea DRJ478 I will research that but I don't think I could incorperate that (or one of the other exisitng programs) in the system in the way I need to use it within this larger and more complicated system.
M

Trainee Chocolate Management Executive.