The Room class moves to src/room/php_room.c

config.m4

@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ if test "$PHP_HTTP_SERVER" != "no"; then
   dnl Phase 1: HTTP/1.1 Parser
   dnl Phase 2: Server classes
   http_server_sources="
+    src/room/php_room.c
     deps/llhttp/llhttp.c
     deps/llhttp/api.c
     deps/llhttp/http.c

include/php_http_server.h

@@ -582,6 +582,14 @@ http_server_config_t *http_server_get_config         (http_server_object *server
  * start(). */
 void *http_server_get_topic_hub(http_server_object *server);
 
+/* The same hub, created on demand — what lets a room be minted before start().
+ * NULL in a build without WebSocket. */
+void *http_server_topic_hub_ensure(http_server_object *server);
+
+/* Between start() and stop(). The room layer refuses to create a hub on a
+ * running server, where the workers would never see it. */
+bool http_server_is_running(const http_server_object *server);
+
 /* Embedded per-server log_state (PLAN_LOG.md). Long-lived structures
  * (http_connection_t, http3_connection_t, mp_processor_t) cache the
  * result at create time. Returns &http_log_state_default for NULL. */

include/room/php_room.h

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+  +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  | Copyright (c) TrueAsync                                              |
+  +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  | Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0                       |
+  +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+*/
+
+#ifndef PHP_ROOM_H
+#define PHP_ROOM_H
+
+#include "php.h"
+
+/* Registers the Room class and its object handlers, from MINIT. A no-op in a
+ * build without WebSocket, where every room entry point throws instead — the
+ * HttpServer methods that address a room are registered by the generated arginfo
+ * either way, so this file compiles in every configuration. */
+void php_room_minit(void);
+
+#endif /* PHP_ROOM_H */