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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Global structures in extension
From: tony@daylessday.org (Antony Dovgal)

On 02.06.2008 13:35, Adam Klobukowski wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'm writing a PHP extension where I'm using a custom library. This 
> library uses a structure that needs to be initialized once per server 
> instance. First I initialized it in each of my functions and 
> deinitialize it ant the end. It works ok, but unfortunetly it turns to 
> be to slow. So, I'm trying to do it globally. Everything in that library 
> is internally synchronized, so I don not have to worry about thread 
> safety. I declare my structure globally (in fact a pointer to a 
> structure), initialize it in PHP_MINIT (it works), then deinitialize in 
> PHP_MSHUTDOWN (works too). 

That's exactly what lots of extensions do.

> Unfortunetly, when I'm trying to use this 
> structure in my PHP_FUNCTIONs, it does not work.

You've managed to describe everything except for the problem itself =)
What does this "does not work" mean?
How exactly do you initialize and address these variables?

> Btw. I'm looking for a good reference of internal PHP APIs. I found 
> excelent Sara's Golemon articles, but thats all, is there anything better?

The sources are better.

-- 
Wbr, 
Antony Dovgal