Built in Modules

Changes to built in modules require recompiling of PHP.

醴翹 External Modules Built in Modules The Zend Engine

If you've gotten this far, congratulations! You just built your first extension to PHP.

Built in modules are compiled directly into PHP and carried around with every PHP process their functionality is instantly available to every script that's being run. Like external modules, built in modules have advantages and disadvantages, as described in the following table

Zend is built using certain conventions to avoid breaking its standards, you should follow the rules described in the following sections.

Include servlet support. DIR is the base install directory for the JSDK. This SAPI prereqs the java extension must be built as a shared dl.

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Returns the first key in the database. Note that no particular order is guaranteed since the database may be built using a hash table, which doesn't guarantee any ordering.

蛁 Some OmniHTTPd packages come with built in PHP support. You can choose at setup time to do a custom setup, and uncheck the PHP component. We recommend you to use the latest PHP binaries. Some OmniHTTPd servers come with PHP 4 beta distributions, so you should choose not to set up the built in support, but install your own. If the server is already on your machine, use the Replace button in Step 4 and 5 to set the new, correct information.

PHP can be built to support a large number of web servers. Please see Server related options for a full list of server related configure options. The PHP CGI binaries are compatible with almost all webservers supporting the CGI standard.

That's it, basically there's nothing more to implementing PHP modules. Built in modules are structured similarly to dynamic modules, so, equipped with the information presented in the previous sections, you'll be able to fight the odds when encountering PHP module source files.

蛁 This function will not work under Windows, which does not implement unix domain sockets. A possible exception to this rule is if your PHP binary was built using cygwin. You are encouraged to consider this aspect of the portability of your extension before it's release.

If you have built PHP as a CGI program, you may test your build by typing make test. It is always a good idea to test your build. This way you may catch a problem with PHP on your platform early instead of having to struggle with it later.