php-go

php-go allows to call Go code from PHP, with minimal code boilerplate.

Goals:

• Allow to export Go functions and Go constants from Go to PHP
• Be reliable and always safe
• Deploy Go code without re-building the PHP extension

TODO:

• Support exporting functions
• Support all scalar types in arguments and return values
• Support exporting constants
• Support slices, maps (copying)
• Support objects (proxying)

Install

You can download this package using "go get". When using "go get", you'll have to set your $GOPATH first. Then you can run:

go get github.com/arnaud-lb/php-go

When this is finished, change directories to the included "ext" folder:

cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/arnaud-lb/php-go/ext

Then configure and make the binary:

phpize && ./configure && make && sudo make install

Then add extension=phpgo.so to your php.ini, or call php with -dextension=phpgo.so

Note: php-go supports PHP 7 (non-ZTS). For PHP 5, use the php5 branch.

Usage

Exporting Go functions

package main

import (
  "strings"
  "github.com/arnaud-lb/php-go/php-go"
)

// call php.Export() for its side effects
var _ = php.Export("example", map[string]interface{}{
  "toUpper": strings.ToUpper,
  "takeOverTheWorld": TakeOverTheWorld,
})

func TakeOverTheWorld() {
}

func main() {
}

The module can then be compiled as a shared library using -buildmode c-shared:

go build -o example.so -buildmode c-shared .

Note: Go requires that the module be a main package with a main function in this mode.

Using the module in PHP

// Create a class from the Go module, and return an instance of it
$module = phpgo_load("/path/to/example.so", "example");

// Display the methods defined by the class
ReflectionClass::export($module);

// Call some method
$module->toUpper("foo");