Chapter 51. 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: