Re: [PATCH] extend zend_parse_parameters() functionality (2nd attempt)

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, fuhs@purdue.edu wrote: > I propose that a new type, 'Z', be added in order to allow the extension coders > access to the zval** which was available with the now deprecated > zend_get_parameters(). > > I came to this conclusion after tracing some segfaults to a section of code > similar to this: > > zval *zend_value; > if(zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "z", &zend_value) == > FAILURE) > return; > > convert_to_array_ex(&zend_value); > > I realized after sifting through the Zend code that the proper handling of zval* > types is just as important as that of the zval's. This modification will > give extension programmers access to legitimate zval*'s and their corresponding > zval. If you want zval**'s, use zend_get_parameters(). -Andrei "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny..." -- Isaac Asimov.