FFI::scope

(PHP 7 >= 7.4.0, PHP 8)

FFI::scope — Instantiates an FFI object with C declarations parsed during preloading

Description

public static function FFI::scope(string $name): FFI

Instantiates an FFI object with C declarations parsed during preloading.

The FFI::scope() method is safe to call multiple times for the same scope. Multiple references to the same scope may be loaded at the same time.

Parameters

name
The scope name defined by a special FFI_SCOPE define.

Return Values

Returns the freshly created FFI object.

See Also

  • FFI::load() - Loads C declarations from a C header file

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mh at hanft dot de
2 years ago
I have found out that FFI::scope only works with Apache when you select Apache's threading model "prefork".  Using any other threading model results in "scope not found" (and you have to use FFI::load instead because preloading seems not to be possible in this case).
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