Building Custom PHP Extensions (Paperback)

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Product Description

Computer, Science, Technology, Languages, Program, Design, Scripting, Langauges, PHP

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: LULU (September 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411601882
• ISBN-13: 978-1411601888
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,398,544 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable resource, December 10, 2003

By	Archie L. Cobbs (the Internet) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book will save you a lot of time if you have to implement
a serious PHP extension for the first time. It's definitely
worth it -- not so much because the book is so great (it is
very good overall) -- but more because there isn't any other
resource quite like it out there.

Having said that, it could have had a more discussion
of the overal environment of PHP extension programming, including:

- how/when zvals are garbage collected (how can you verify
you're not creating memory leaks?)
- when zvals are created and consumed and who "owns" them
as they are passed around between functions
- threading issues: what are you allowed to do/not do wrt.
threading?
- Many PHP macros are written dangerously, e.g. they hardly
ever use constructs like "do {..} while (0)" or extra parens.

Obviously if you get these issues wrong you're likely to
have some trouble - and hard to debug trouble at that.

In other words, the first chapter is "First PHP extension"
but an overall introductory chapter about the funny little
world that PHP extensions live in before that would have
been nice. But overall a great book and glad to have found it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real life saver, October 30, 2003

By	Arachnion Gmbh "Dr. Volker Göbbels" (Würselen) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you ever want or have to build your own PHP extension, there's only one serious recommendation: read this book!
It's well written, the examples are easy to use and it's just fun working with it. Building your own extension has never been that easy.
This book saved me weeks of research in bad commented source codes. Thanks!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing detailed book for extending PHP, October 2, 2003

By	Scott Thompson (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This is a great in-depth book for extending PHP. Clear concise examples throughout for customization and PHP extensions. A must have in any advanced programers library.