Re: New to the PHP internals and I want to help

Hi Martin, Not sure it can help you, but you may found the following link interesting: http://phpbuilder.com/manual/en/internals.php Cheers, Patrick 2009/6/19 Martin Wernstahl <m4rw3r@gmail.com>: > Hi! > > I'm an 18 years old student from Sweden with an interest in > programming, particularly in solving more > complex problems (like creating a database abstraction, advanced > template parser etc.). > I use PHP because it is a very nice and adaptable language, and I work > as a web developer in my free time. > > I've wanted to add a few features to PHP for some time (a few years > ago I tried to implement closures, > but it didn't go well because I didn't really know where to start - by the way, > I really like the current implementation of closures so far!). > > Does anyone have somewhere to point me for resources on how to modify > the PHP core? > (More specifically, add/modify things to/in the Zend engine) > > I'm attempting to implement a kind of extend-on-the-fly thing, so it > would be possible to > add and replace methods on classes on the fly (for example it would be > helpful when extending > classes and still wanting to refer to them by the same name, eg. in a > framework). > > I've tried a few things but I cannot get the parser to parse the > syntax correctly, > it always complains about a T_STRING that according to my rules > *should* be there but it thinks not. > I haven't been able to get much information about re2c, so I'm > grateful for help and/or links. > > Also, if you think I should start by creating/modifying/fixing > something else (that is easier) > in the PHP core, just tell me ;) > > Best Regards >    Martin Wernståhl > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php