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Extending PHP with C++?

I have a performance intensive routine that is written in PHP that I'd like to port to C++ for a performance increase. Is there any way to write a plugin or extension or something using C++ and interface with it from PHP? WITHOUT manually editing the actual PHP source?

Solution

  • I've written a PHP plugin in C++ with the help of SWIG. It's doable, but it may take a while to get used to the SWIG-compilation cycle. You can start with the SWIG docs for PHP.

    Update
    As @therefromhere has mentioned, I greatly recommend that you get the book Extending and Embedding PHP. There is almost no documentation to be found online (at least there wasn't in late 2008, early 2009 when I did my PHP plugin). I had to rely on the book for everything. Although sometimes Google Code Search is helpful for finding sample code.