Appendix A. A Zend API Reference

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A A Zend API Reference

AT THE CORE OF THE ZEND ENGINE ARE TWO FUNDAMENTAL SETS of APIs. The first is instruction processing, which includes script tokenization, compilation, and execution, as well as generating and handling function calls and object instantiation and destruction. The second set of APIs revolves around the manipulation of variables, or as you've come to know them, zvals. In this appendix you'll look at the functions and macros exported by the Zend Engine that simplify these operations and make them nearly consistent across all versions of PHP.


The PHP Life Cycle

Variables from the Inside Out

Memory Management

Setting Up a Build Environment

Your First Extension

Returning Values

Accepting Parameters

Working with Arrays and HashTables

The Resource Data Type

PHP4 Objects

PHP5 Objects

Startup, Shutdown, and a Few Points in Between

INI Settings

Accessing Streams

Implementing Streams

Diverting the Stream

Configuration and Linking

Extension Generators

Setting Up a Host Environment

Advanced Embedding

Appendix A. A Zend API Reference

Appendix B. PHPAPI

Appendix C. Extending and Embedding Cookbook

Appendix D. Additional Resources



Extending and Embedding PHP
Extending and Embedding PHP
ISBN: 067232704X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 175
Authors: Sara Golemon

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