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Subject: Writing PHP extensions without re-building PHP
From: an.dromeda@btconnect.com ("Andrew Mather")

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All the examples I have found regarding writing PHP extensions
assume that I should want to rebuild the PHP core module.

I consider this approach undesirable for several reasons:

a) I don't expect to recompile IIS, or SqlServer just to build an add-on
b) if I get the rebuild wrong, I risk corrupting an environment that =
currently at least works
c) I would have to understand the intricacies of autoconf/make etc. for =
Unix/Apache/PHP
all of which are far beyond my interest/experience.

If there was a decent template/tutorial eg: Hello World that I could =
then extend,
I could apply my C/C++ knowledge to extending that template, rather than =
having
first to become a Linux/Apache/PHP guru at a level that I simply don't =
aspire to.

If someone has or could build and document such an example (I am running
Suse Linux 9.3, with PHP/MySql as distributed in that package), I would =
be
delighted to hear about it.

If none such exists, I should even be happy to commission such, for =
money.

(I know Linux prides itself on being free, but in the real world, beer =
and sandwiches
cost money, and this roadblock is preventing a client project from =
progressing, so
I believe remuneration to be in order, if it moves us forward).

Cheers,

Andrew Mather.

ps: the example given at http://www.zend.com/php/internals/ makes sense, =
as such,
but while the first two command (phpize, ./configure, seem to work, the =
make command
throws errors like confetti, based on the lack of php.h, zend.h etc in =
an environment that
was installed 'out of the box' of Suse 9.3, rather than to the bespoke =
'we can rebuild it'
requirements of the example.=20

Making such an example compile and run as a dynamically loadable module =
in the
described environment would be my goal, allowing me to extend it as =
required later.
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