Tutorials to create PECL extensions for PHP 7 and more

This version #1 contains a simple function confirm_helloworld_compiled.

Generate a skeleton

To generate a skeleton of a pecl extension, you can use the binary ext_skel presents in PHP sources (directory : ext/), example:

./ext_skel helloworld

Compile the extension

• The first step is to use phpize:

phpize

• The second step is to launch configure:

./configure

• The third step is to compile it:

make

Launch phpt tests

The last step is to launch tests:

make test

I added a phpt test in tests/ directory named tests/002.phpt.

Launch php

You can find a helloworld.php which can be launch with php.sh like that:

./php.sh helloworld.php

Clean the repository

To clean your repository, you can use:

make clean
phpize --clean