[Resolved] extending PHP

freebie

Hi,
I have a number of PHP helper functions that I reuse frequently. Currently, I put related functions into an include file and then include each file when one of those functions is needed. I was thinking that it would be worth exploring the idea of not having to include these, but rather have these built into my installation of php.
Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm hoping to do this in PHP as I don't know much C/C++.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

ahundiak

PHP Extensions are written in C. The manual talks about extensions in some detail: http://www.php.net/manual/en/zend.creating.php

It's actually pretty straight forward provided:
1. You have an excellent understanding of C.
2. You have a working knowledge of build tools.
3. You are willing to spend a considerable amount of time sifting through source code since the internals are largely undocumented.

Probably better to stick with php. You can add an entry to your php.ini file to automatically include files.

Moonglobe

Originally posted by ahundiak
You can add an entry to your php.ini file to automatically include files.

...which would be auto_prepend_file (uses include_path)

freebie

Thanks for the help guys