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Subject: Dead C Scrolls - Missing Code for Writing New Extensions without recompiling PHP
From: an.dromeda@btconnect.com ("Andrew Mather")

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My thanks to the contributors and for the resource documentation that:

a) has confirmed that writing extensions without recompiling PHP is =
possible
b) have provided sample code that requires recompilation of PHP

As a Linux newbie but experienced Windows programmer I do not have
the arcane knowledge to infer from the recompile-PHP sample how to=20
modify it to generate a must-recompile-php sample to a standalone =
extension.

I haven't used make in twenty years, and autoconf is alien to me.

I am getting to grips with .so (shared object) libraries in Unix, but I =
am in the
dark and my effort would be greatly expedited by someone knowledgeable =
in the art.

I therefore re-interate my request for a complete walkthrough for =
writing
an extension that does not require recompilation of php but can be =
treated
as a simple external standalone project, for later inclusion into the =
Apache/PHP=20
module by dynamic linking.

I have installed and am running Suse 9.3, with Apache 2.0 and Php 5, all
from the Suse distribution. I have downloaded the source for Php 5.1.1, =
but while
I have compiled such (in the course of the =
build-extension-with-recompile) I do not
wish to rely on having to recompile PHP every time I wish to build an =
extension.

I have not therefore attempted to replace the distribution-Php with the =
compiled-Php.

At this point, my need for such assistance is critical, as a client =
project is stalled
for lack of it.

I appreciate that money is a dirty word in Linux, but time and money are =
being wasted
for want of these answers, so that I would be more than happy to provide =
=A3100 for the
first proven and effective replies in each of these categories (all of =
which may happily
be 'scooped' by or paid to a single person):

i)    a walkthrough of the exact steps + sample code to write an =
extension without
       requiring re-compilation of Php and without access to Php source =
code
ii)   as above but with access to Php source code
iii)  as above (either i or ii) but with instructions to allow the =
project to be initiated
      and compiled within the KDE development environment

Resulting object (presumably .so) to be accessible in a distribution =
release of Apache/Php
with only minor modification of a client's Apache/Php config settings.


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