PHP bcompiler_write_exe_footer function

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bcompiler_write_exe_footer

(PECL)

An EXE (or self executable) file consists of 3 parts:

To obtain a suitable stub you can compile php_embed-based stub phpe.c
located in the examples/embed directory on bcompiler’s CVS.

A file handle as returned by fopen().

The file position at which the Bytecodes start, and can be obtained
using ftell().

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example 1. bcompiler_write_footer() example

 
/* creating the output file (example.exe) */
$fh = fopen("example.exe", "w");
 
/* 1) writing a stub (phpe.exe) */
$size = filesize("phpe.exe");
$fr = fopen("phpe.exe", "r");
fwrite($fh, fread($fr, $size), $size);
$startpos = ftell($fh);
 
/* 2) writing bytecodes */
bcompiler_write_header($fh);
bcompiler_write_class($fh, "myclass");
bcompiler_write_function($fh, "main");
bcompiler_write_footer($fh);
 
/* 3) writing EXE footer */
bcompiler_write_exe_footer($fh, $startpos);
 
/* closing the output file */
fclose($fh);

This function is
EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the
name of this function, and anything else documented about this
function may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
Use this function at your own risk.