Re: [Swig-user] Wrapping a C Function for PHP

[Hollenbeck, S. <sho...@ve...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hollenbeck, Scott [mailto:sho...@ve...]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 1:22 PM
> To: swi...@li...
> Subject: [Swig-user] Wrapping a C Function for PHP
> 
> I just started looking at SWIG to build a PHP extension for the getdns
> (http://getdnsapi.net/) project. I've managed to build an extension
> that I can load, but I'm having a data type issue when I try to use it.
> Based on what I've read in the SWIG documentation I'm sure I've got
> some additional wrapping to do, but I don't know exactly what's needed.
> Could someone please point me in the right direction?  Here's the C
> function declaration that currently appears in the interface file:
> 
> getdns_return_t
> getdns_context_create(getdns_context ** context, int set_from_os);
> 
> My PHP code:
> 
> $context = NULL;
> echo "Creating context... ";
> $return = getdns_context_create($context, 1);
> echo "Return value: " . $return . "\n";
> 
> The return value indicates an invalid parameter; PHP 5 won't allow
> &$context. What do I need to do in my interface file to create an
> appropriate wrapper for this function and its parameters?

No one has any thoughts on how to do this?

Scott