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Chapter 31. Source Discussion

Table of Contents
Module Structure
Header File Inclusions
Declaring Exported Functions
Declaration of the Zend Function Block
Declaration of the Zend Module Block
Creation of get_module()
Implementation of All Exported Functions
Summary

Now that you've got a safe build environment and you're able to include the modules into PHP files, it's time to discuss how everything works.

Module Structure

All PHP modules follow a common structure:

Header file inclusions (to include all required macros, API definitions, etc.)
C declaration of exported functions (required to declare the Zend function block)
Declaration of the Zend function block
Declaration of the Zend module block
Implementation of get_module()
Implementation of all exported functions

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