Re: Extensions calling C++

On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, John Keiser wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to make an extension that uses a library written in C++. > > I have gotten a simple extension working with C (ext_skel and the build > process are really something else, good job!), and my current approach is to > make the .c call a .cpp or .C file which has extern "C" functions in it > calling the C++ lib functions. To this end, I am currently just trying to > get a .c and .C/cpp file to compile together in the extension. > > The problem is, the .C or .cpp file does not seem to get compiled at all; > instead it is passed direct on the libtool line. > > Is there a better way to do this? My next option is to move the .C file in > question into an external library and compile separately, but it'd be easier > to have the file in the PHP lib where it belongs. > > > > This is what my project looks like (originally generated with ext_skel), > with just pertinent info: > > Makefile.in: > ------------------ > LTLIBRARY_NAME = libsword.la > LTLIBRARY_SOURCES = sword.c sword_int.C Please update your CVS checkout and rewrite the above line as LTLIBRARY_SOURCES = sword.c LTLIBRARY_OBJECTS_X = sword_int.lo Then rename sword_int.C to sword_int.cxx. Also add PHP_REQUIRE_CXX to your config.m4 (this shall be run conditionally only). Please let us know whether it works. > It seems like Zend was planning to add C++ support somehow, since the > BEGIN_EXTERN_C macro is defined. Some parts of Zend use C++. But I dislike the () behind the *_EXTERN_C macros which are otherwise quite convenient.