php engine as shared library?

Hi! I didn't find a better place to ask... I would like to know what I'd have to do to link a small server written in C against a _shared_(!) libphp(!)... I had a look at php-cli and mod_php but both seem to link everything static which isn't what I want... I also had a look at the options of the configure script... ..but ended up subscribing here... How do I compile the whole php engine as a shared lib? It must work somehow... Why else would there be something like php-config? Please, somebody, lemme know what todo/read... Thanks, Dirk