Re: Third Party lib.so

On 5 May 2011 15:31, Garry Taylor <giz@gbdesign.net> wrote: > Hi all, first off thank you for any help you can give... I am very new to > PHP Extensions however I have been writing C and PHP code for many years. > > I am developing an extension that uses a third party pcplib.so file. I have > written c code that accesses this lib and compiled and tested using gcc. > Everything works great. I have then ported this code over to an extension > and compiled/installed. > The module is shown running under phpInfo() and apache logs show everything > is running ok (I did get a "compiled with build ID=API20090626,NTS,debug," > until I realised I have not compiled PHP with --enable-debug). > Everything went perfect apart from when I run the php file to access the new > function I get the dreaded "undefined symbol: GetPostcode" > > I am making the assumption that the error relates to the extension not > including the third party lib as GetPostcode is a method of this lib. My > question is how do I include the third party lib to compile into the > extension? I have search the PECL source, edited the M4 config and I have > even phoned Zend but got shot down and told to look here :( > > kind regards > > Garry Taylor > > -- > PECL development discussion Mailing List (http://pecl.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > The PHP Extension acts as a gateway from userland PHP code and the library. If you want to expose a library function, you need to create a PHP_FUNCTION that takes the userland params, passes them to the library function and then returns the value back to the user. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY