I need to get the memory usage of the current process in C. Can someone offer a code sample of how to do this on a Linux platform? I'm aware of the cat /proc/<your pid>/status method of gett...

Is it possible to get extension version in php? get_loaded_extensions returns only loaded extentions names, but not versions :(

I am trying to install SPL_Types extension in my PHP 7.1.8 compiled from source. I have tried with sudo pecl install SPL_Types and compiling the extension from source, but I get the following outp...

I'm intermittently getting this issue in my PHP scripts (PHP 5.6, Apache 2.2): Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent in /path/to/index.php on line 55 This warning do...

I have a problem with Docker (docker-compose). I want to install some PHP extensions using docker-compose.yml, but I am unable to do this, because my .yml has FROM ubuntu and not FROM php. Is there...

I have a PHP class I want to convert to a PHP extension. I checked some tutorials (tuxradar's writing extensions, php.net's extending php, and zend's extension writing) and it's a bit complicated. ...

They seem to be the same thing, and yet different. I don't know which one is which: I know we can use PDO as new PDO() and use prepare() and query() methods, to fetch data from database. So, if thi...

I've been tasked to create a PHP app which accesses an existing PostgreSQL database. This is my first time working with Postgre, not to mention the PHP has already been installed in the Linux box o...

After some days ago I installed Phalcon PHP, I am more and more exited about it. Now I want to try the Phalcon Devtools out. I've just installed it like in the installation manual via Composer (for...

I'm having huge problems installing memcached extension for php. Currently using: OS: Windows 10 x64 PHP: 7.0.1 via XAMPP Apache: 2.4.18 (Win32) I have successfully installed memcached in C:/mem...

I'm having a terribly difficult time getting the command "pg_connect()" to work properly on my Mac. I'm currently writing a PHP script (to be executed from console) to read a PostgreSQL database an...

if you look at this documentation, the first parameter returns only Zend extensions. What is exactly a Zend extension, as compared to a PHP ("simple") extension?

The bundled extension offer a lot of functionality. I have spent a lot of time how to compile extension for my version of PHP. So there are instructions.

I'm currently working to put our project under php7. When trying to compile the mailparse extension or use pecl to install it, I get this error: #error The mailparse extension requires the mbstri...

I want to build a PHP extension that can dynamically inspect every opcode generated from a PHP file and do some checking on that. I came across several websites and found out a couple of function...

To you gurus out there, is there any hidden gem in PHP that could unload a specific extension at runtime ?

I have a .so file generated with SWIG. I would like use the functions defined there as a php extension. How do I add them as a php extension? I added the .so to the extensions directory, and in p...

I've already installed mongoDB on my VPS. It works well. Now I want to install php driver to make php work with mongoDB. I followed Mongo Installation but cannot find information I need. This man...

I'm trying to follow the instructions here: https://code.google.com/p/php-sweph/wiki/build to compile a PHP extension. My OS is Windows XP. I'm unable to find "phpize" to do the command. However, ...

I was checking the PHP manual to understand the different types of PHP extensions (PHP modules). There are Zend modules (mainly for PHP gurus), built-in modules and external modules. Is there a wa...

I'm developing a PHP-extension, where an object method needs to return an array zval. The method looks like: ZEND_METHOD(myObject, myMethod) { zval **myArrayProperty; if (zend_hash_find(Z_OBJPR...

I'm starting to write a PHP extension and wish to just get my head around how to loop through an array that is passed (with the intention of changing the data value by value). Preferred method woul...

So I'm running MAMP on Mountain Lion and I've installed gmagick and imagick using pecl, both are relase candidates (mainly because gmagick doesn't have a stable release and imagick 3.0.0 doesn't in...

When writing a PHP extension, this documentation page indicates that a config.m4 file should be provided for autoconf to use. It gives a couple of examples of such files, but the documentation is i...

Please anybody help me out in installing gearman php extension on windows xp. I have xampp 1.7.7 installed on my system and i have installed Cygwin, libevent-1.4.14b-stable and gearmand on my syste...