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<chapter xml:id="ffi.examples" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 &reftitle.examples;
 <section xml:id="ffi.examples-basic">
  <title>Basic FFI usage</title>
  <para>
   Before diving into the details of the FFI API, lets take a look at a few examples
   demonstrating the simplicity of the FFI API usage for regular tasks.
  </para>
  <note>
   <para>
    Some of these examples require <filename>libc.so.6</filename> and as such will
    not work on systems where it is not available.
   </para>
  </note>
  <para>
   <example xml:id="ffi.examples.function">
    <title>Calling a function from shared library</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// create FFI object, loading libc and exporting function printf()
$ffi = FFI::cdef(
    "int printf(const char *format, ...);", // this is a regular C declaration
    "libc.so.6");
// call C's printf()
$ffi->printf("Hello %s!\n", "world");
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Hello world!
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
    <note>
   <para>
    Note that some C functions need specific calling conventions, e.g. <literal>__fastcall</literal>,
    <literal>__stdcall</literal> or <literal>,__vectorcall</literal>.
   </para>
  </note>
  <para>
   <example xml:id="ffi.examples.structure">
    <title>Calling a function, returning a structure through an argument</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// create gettimeofday() binding
$ffi = FFI::cdef("
    typedef unsigned int time_t;
    typedef unsigned int suseconds_t;
 
    struct timeval {
        time_t      tv_sec;
        suseconds_t tv_usec;
    };
 
    struct timezone {
        int tz_minuteswest;
        int tz_dsttime;
    };
 
    int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz);    
", "libc.so.6");
// create C data structures
$tv = $ffi->new("struct timeval");
$tz = $ffi->new("struct timezone");
// call C's gettimeofday()
var_dump($ffi->gettimeofday(FFI::addr($tv), FFI::addr($tz)));
// access field of C data structure
var_dump($tv->tv_sec);
// print the whole C data structure
var_dump($tz);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
int(0)
int(1555946835)
object(FFI\CData:struct timezone)#3 (2) {
  ["tz_minuteswest"]=>
  int(0)
  ["tz_dsttime"]=>
  int(0)
}
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example xml:id="ffi.examples.variable-existing">
    <title>Accessing existing C variables</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// create FFI object, loading libc and exporting errno variable
$ffi = FFI::cdef(
    "int errno;", // this is a regular C declaration
    "libc.so.6");
// print C's errno
var_dump($ffi->errno);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
int(0)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example xml:id="ffi.examples.variable-creating">
    <title>Creating and Modifying C variables</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// create a new C int variable
$x = FFI::new("int");
var_dump($x->cdata);

// simple assignment
$x->cdata = 5;
var_dump($x->cdata);

// compound assignment
$x->cdata += 2;
var_dump($x->cdata);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
int(0)
int(5)
int(7)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example xml:id="ffi.examples.array">
    <title>Working with C arrays</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// create C data structure
$a = FFI::new("long[1024]");
// work with it like with a regular PHP array
for ($i = 0; $i < count($a); $i++) {
    $a[$i] = $i;
}
var_dump($a[25]);
$sum = 0;
foreach ($a as $n) {
    $sum += $n;
}
var_dump($sum);
var_dump(count($a));
var_dump(FFI::sizeof($a));
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
int(25)
int(523776)
int(1024)
int(8192)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
    <example xml:id="ffi.examples.enum">
    <title>Working with C enums</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$a = FFI::cdef('typedef enum _zend_ffi_symbol_kind {
    ZEND_FFI_SYM_TYPE,
    ZEND_FFI_SYM_CONST = 2,
    ZEND_FFI_SYM_VAR,
    ZEND_FFI_SYM_FUNC
} zend_ffi_symbol_kind;
');
var_dump($a->ZEND_FFI_SYM_TYPE);
var_dump($a->ZEND_FFI_SYM_CONST);
var_dump($a->ZEND_FFI_SYM_VAR);
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
int(0)
int(2)
int(3)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </section>
 <section xml:id="ffi.examples-callback">
  <title>PHP Callbacks</title>
  <para>
   It is possible to assign a PHP closure to a native variable of function pointer type
   or to pass it as a function argument:
   <example>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$zend = FFI::cdef("
    typedef int (*zend_write_func_t)(const char *str, size_t str_length);
    extern zend_write_func_t zend_write;
");
 
echo "Hello World 1!\n";
 
$orig_zend_write = clone $zend->zend_write;
$zend->zend_write = function($str, $len) {
    global $orig_zend_write;
    $orig_zend_write("{\n\t", 3);
    $ret = $orig_zend_write($str, $len);
    $orig_zend_write("}\n", 2);
    return $ret;
};
echo "Hello World 2!\n";
$zend->zend_write = $orig_zend_write;
echo "Hello World 3!\n";
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Hello World 1!
{
        Hello World 2!
}
Hello World 3!
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
   Although this works, this functionality is not supported on all libffi platforms, is not efficient
   and leaks resources by the end of request.
   <tip>
    <simpara>
     It is therefore recommended to minimize the usage of PHP callbacks.
    </simpara>
   </tip>
  </para>
 </section>

 <section xml:id="ffi.examples-complete">
  <title>A Complete PHP/FFI/preloading Example</title>
  <example>
   <simpara><filename>php.ini</filename></simpara>
   <programlisting role="ini">
<![CDATA[
ffi.enable=preload
opcache.preload=preload.php
]]>
   </programlisting>
   <simpara><filename>preload.php</filename></simpara>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
FFI::load(__DIR__ . "/dummy.h");
opcache_compile_file(__DIR__ . "/dummy.php");
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
   <simpara><filename>dummy.h</filename></simpara>
   <programlisting role="c">
<![CDATA[
#define FFI_SCOPE "DUMMY"
#define FFI_LIB "libc.so.6"
 
int printf(const char *format, ...);
]]>
   </programlisting>
   <simpara><filename>dummy.php</filename></simpara>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
final class Dummy {
    private static $ffi = null;
    function __construct() {
        if (is_null(self::$ffi)) {
            self::$ffi = FFI::scope("DUMMY");
        }
    }
    function printf($format, ...$args) {
       return (int)self::$ffi->printf($format, ...$args);
    }
}
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
   <simpara><filename>test.php</filename></simpara>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$d = new Dummy();
$d->printf("Hello %s!\n", "world");
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
 </section>
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