kitech / php-go

Write PHP extension using go/golang. Zend API wrapper for go/golang.

php-go

Write PHP extension using go/golang. Zend API wrapper for go/golang.

Simple, easy, fun to write PHP extensions.

Features

• function support
• struct/class support
• constant support
• primitive data type as parameters and return values, (u)int*/float*/string/bool
• complex data type as parameters, map/slice/array
• all can be done by programmatic

Environment

• Modern Linux/Unix system
• PHP 5.5+/7.x
• go version 1.4+
• php5-dev installed (apt-get install php5-dev)
• for MacOS, go 1.8+

Build & Install

go get:

go get github.com/kitech/php-go
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kitech/php-go
# adjust PHPCFG path if needed
PHPCFG=`which php-config` make

manual:

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/kitech
git clone https://github.com/kitech/php-go.git $GOPATH/src/github.com/kitech/php-go
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kitech/php-go
make
ls -lh php-go/hello.so
php56 -d extension=./hello.so examples/hello.php

Examples

// package main is required
package main

import "github.com/kitech/php-go/phpgo"

func foo_in_go() {
}

type Bar struct{}
func NewBar() *Bar{
    return &Bar{}
}

func init() {
    phpgo.InitExtension("mymod", "1.0")

    phpgo.AddFunc("foo_in_php", foo_in_go)
    phpgo.AddClass("bar_in_php", NewBar)
}

// should not run this function
// required for go build though.
func main() { panic("wtf") }

Limitations

• Deadlock in pcntl_fork'ed subprocess when call extension functions. #47

TODO

• install with go get
• improve php7 support
• namespace support
• multiple extension support
• class member access support
• unlimited function/method/class count support
• global ini var support
• fill phpinfo

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request