For a nice introduction to extension writing, read this article: Part I: Introduction to PHP and Zend http://zend.com/php/internals/extension-writing1.php As well as the various README files found within the php source files: http://cvs.php.net/php-src/ And let's not forget about PECL_Gen. Although it requires PHP 5 to run, it also allows one to quickly create extensions that work in both PHP 4/5. There is also ext_skel but it's slowly being replaced by PECL_Gen: http://pecl.php.net/package/PECL_Gen And of course the Zend API docs: http://php.net/manual/en/zend.php The Zend article above will be a five part series, which is pretty cool :) Regards, Philip On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Brian wrote: > To understand the *'s just google for c pointer tutorial, you're > likely to find alot of helpful material. > > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:37:26 -0500, Jason Barnett > <jason.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > Jason Barnett wrote: > > > > > >> Jay Blanchard wrote: > > ... > > > In the end you are probably much better off learning a bit of C or C++ > > > and writing your own PHP extensions than hoping that someone will make a > > > compiler that will magically speed everything up. PHP was designed > > > specifically with this in mind. The idea is to keep things that don't > > ... > > > better performance than any "PHP Compiler" ever will. And it really > > > isn't that hard to write a PHP extension. > > > > > > -Rasmus > > > > I actually looked into building my own extension before. I saw some of > > the docs from the talks.php.net site and most of it made sense to me. > > So I agree that the PHP <-> extensions interface is simple enough for a > > poor slob like myself to understand. > > > > Can you (or anyone else for that matter) give me a book recommendation > > that explains C coding to someone with intermediate PHP skills? > > > > I already have George Schlossnagle's book and it's great (it taught me a > > lot of what I know about the source), but it assumes a level of > > proficiency in C that I just don't have. > > > > I know that you have to allocate memory for variables, you have strict > > types (although I'm vaguely familiar with a zval), but some things like > > all of those **'s I see in the source code just don't make sense to me. > > Recommendations, anyone? > > > > -- > > Teach a man to fish... > > > > NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&w=2 > > STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php > > STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php > > LAZY | > > http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHP&submitform=Find+search+plugins > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
