PHPer

A library that allows us to write PHP extensions using pure Rust and using safe Rust whenever possible.

Requirement

Necessary

libclang version >= 9

php version >= 7

Tested Support

os

• linux

php

version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 8.0

mode

• nts

sapi

• cli

Usage

1. Make sure libclang and php is installed.

# If you are using debian like linux system:
sudo apt install libclang-10-dev php-cli

2. Create you cargo project, suppose your application is called myapp.

cargo new myapp

3. Add the dependencies and metadata to you Cargo project.

[lib]
crate-type = ["cdylib"]

[dependencies]
phper = "0.2"

4. Add these code to main.rs.

use phper::cmd::make;

fn main() {
    make();
}

5. Write you owned extension logic in lib.rs.

use phper::{php_get_module, modules::Module};

#[php_get_module]
pub fn get_module(module: &mut Module) {
    // set module metadata
    module.set_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
    module.set_version(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
    module.set_author(env!("CARGO_PKG_AUTHORS"));

    // ...
}

6. Build and install, if your php isn't installed globally, you should specify the path of php-config.

# Specify if php isn't installed globally.
export PHP_CONFIG = <Your path of php-config>

# Build libmyapp.so.
cargo build --release

# Install to php extension path, if you install php globally, you should use sudo.
cargo run --release -- install

7. Edit your php.ini, add the below line.

extension = myapp

8. Enjoy.

examples

See examples.

License

Unlicense.