Creating objects from php extensions

Hi, It seems to be possible to return an object with properties and methods from a php function written in C (found in apidoc.txt, Chapter 8). But how can I define an object WITHOUT calling a function. I want to do something like: <?php dl("myextension.so"); $myclass=new CMyClass; $myclass->do_something(); ?> CMyClass is an object provided by myextension.so. But how can I do that? I need that for a self-defined class performing some database-related stuff. The constructor opens a database connection and the methods are using it: $MyDBStuff=new CMyDBStudd; // Constructor opens database connection; $MyDBStuff->readSometing(); // Uses opened database connection; $myDBStuff->readOtherThings(); // Uses opened database connection, too; And remember: I want that class be written in C, not PHP. I know how to write simple PHP extensions in C(++), but I can't find any hint how to create a PHP class in C, without calling a function returning the class as return_value. By the way: Is there no destructor in PHP classes? Bye K