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Note Submitter: befletch at yahoo dot com ---- Something about the PHP build process is needed here; perhaps an example showing how to make your own "Hello, World" extension. Since that doesn't exist yet... <p> If you want to create an extension, you will need reasonably current versions of the tools m4, autoconf, libtool, and (I think) automake. All of these are available at ftp://ftp.gnu.org. <p> Once these are installed, go into the 'ext' directory of your php install and run the 'ext_skel' script to create your extension directory with some skeleton contents. You will need to edit at least the config.m4 file, and of course add your own code. Other extensions are useful models, and the GNU documentation for autoconf is useful for understanding macros used in config.m4. <p> The final step required to insert your code into the PHP build process is to go to the php root directory and run the 'buildconf' script. You should now find references to your extension in the 'configure' script, and if you designed your config.m4 to make your extension conditional, 'configure' should have command-line switches for you. <p> After running 'configure', your extension should now be part of PHP's build process. (You may want to verify that php_config.h has properly set any 'HAVE_<your-extension-here>' macros properly defined.) If this all goes well, you should be ready to concentrate on the C code for your extension.