# Extensions building tutorial - Thread: https://externals.io/message/23654 - Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/23654 - Started by Artzi on 2006-05-25T13:58:04+00:00 - Messages: 8 - Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net - More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt --- ## #23654 — Artzi — 2006-05-25T13:58:04+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23654 I am looking for a good place to learn about the following: 1. Writing a customized extension 2. Compiling PHP with customized extensions, including how can I set up a customized location their code and what I should add to the configure line and such Any good tutorials out there? Thanks. --- ## #23655 — Marcus Boerger — 2006-05-25T13:59:34+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23655 · In reply to: #23654 Hello Yoav, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067232704X + http://talks.somabo.de + some zend tutorials :-) best regards marcus Thursday, May 25, 2006, 3:58:04 PM, you wrote: > I am looking for a good place to learn about the following: > 1. Writing a customized extension > 2. Compiling PHP with customized extensions, including how can I set up > a customized location their code and what I should add to the configure > line and such > > Any good tutorials out there? > > Thanks. Best regards, Marcus --- ## #23656 — Joseph Crawford — 2006-05-25T14:02:33+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23656 · In reply to: #23654 i would check out Sara Golemon's book Extending and Embedding PHP it is not yet released but due out soon. I have it pre-ordered. It's supposed to be a good starting point for this stuff. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067232704X/sr=8-1/qid=1148565631/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6678673-7532040?%5Fencoding=UTF8 Thanks, -- Joseph Crawford Jr. Zend Certified Engineer Codebowl Solutions, Inc. http://www.codebowl.com/ 1-802-671-2021 codebowl@gmail.com --- ## #23659 — Michael B Allen — 2006-05-25T15:48:21+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23659 · In reply to: #23654 On Thu, 25 May 2006 16:58:04 +0300 "Artzi, Yoav (Yoav)" wrote: > I am looking for a good place to learn about the following: > 1. Writing a customized extension > 2. Compiling PHP with customized extensions, including how can I set up > a customized location their code and what I should add to the configure > line and such > > Any good tutorials out there? http://www.zend.com/php/internals/extension-writing1.php After that, download the php source and look at existing extensions in the ext directory. For each macro or function you want to know about try googling with the 'site:' directive. For example: site:http://www.zend.com/ RETURN_STRING Mike --- ## #23660 — Steph Fox — 2006-05-25T16:03:12+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23660 · In reply to: #23659 > > […] > > http://www.zend.com/php/internals/extension-writing1.php --- parts 2 and 3 are also useful :) - Steph --- ## #23661 — Sara Golemon — 2006-05-25T16:07:21+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23661 · In reply to: #23659 > > […] > > http://www.zend.com/php/internals/extension-writing1.php > > After that, download the php source and look at existing extensions in > the ext directory. For each macro or function you want to know about > try googling with the 'site:' directive. For example: > > site:http://www.zend.com/ RETURN_STRING > Or better still: http://lxr.php.net/ --- ## #23666 — Hartmut Holzgraefe — 2006-05-25T18:57:42+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/23654#23666 · In reply to: #23654 Artzi, Yoav (Yoav) wrote: > I am looking for a good place to learn about the following: > 1. Writing a customized extension > 2. Compiling PHP with customized extensions, including how can I set up > a customized location their code and what I should add to the configure > line and such > > Any good tutorials out there? and now for the usual shameless plug: CodeGen_PECL: Tool to generate PECL extensions from an XML description PEAR package: http://pear.php.net/package/CodeGen_PECL/ Documentation: http://php-baustelle.de/CodeGen_PECL/manual.html Examples: http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/pear/CodeGen_PECL/docs/examples/