ext-php-rs

Bindings for the Zend API to build PHP extensions natively in Rust. Inspired by killertux/solder and its predecessors.

Features

This is not a set feature list, but these are the features on my roadmap. Create an issue if there's something you'd like to see!

• Module definitions
• Function implementation
• Class implementation
  • Class methods
  • Class properties
  • Class constants
• Module constants
• Calling PHP functions

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 or later
  • No support is planned for lower versions.
• Linux or Darwin-based OS
• Rust - no idea which version
• Clang 3.9 or greater

See the following links for the dependency crate requirements:

• cc
• bindgen

Usage

This project only works for PHP >= 8.0 (for now). Due to the fact that the PHP extension system relies heavily on C macros (which cannot be exported to Rust easily), structs have to be hard coded in.

There is only inline documentation for the time being. Starting by creating a C extension is a good start as well.

Check out one of the example projects:

• ext-skel - Testbed for testing the library. Check out previous commits as well to see what else is possible.
• opus-php - Work-in-progress extension to use the Opus library in PHP.

Contributions

Contributions are very much welcome. I am a novice Rust developer and any suggestions are wanted and welcome. Feel free to file issues and PRs through Github.

Resources

• PHP Internals Book

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE_APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE_MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.