BFR

Better Function Replacer based on APD

APD http://pecl.php.net/package/apd started to have issues with the current Zend API. As some of my tools strongly rely on APD's function renaming and overwriting features, I had to get my hands dirty. I finally was successful in extracting those features and bundling them into a 'new' Zend extension. All credits go to the original developers. Sadly they don't respond to issues with the original version.

Installation Linux

Install requirements:

We need PHP, specifically PHP 8

# sudo apt install php-dev

Get the source github style and run the following in the source directory:

# cd BFR
# phpize

Output on my system looked like this. May vary depending on system.

Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:         20210902
Zend Module Api No:      20210902
Zend Extension Api No:   420210902

Run the usual stuff:

# ./configure --enable-bfr
# make && make install

Build complete.
Don't forget to run 'make test'.

Installing shared extensions:     /usr/lib/php/20210902/

Modify your php.ini accordingly.

Find the php.ini file:

php --ini | grep Loaded

Add the extension to the ini (example):

echo "zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20210902/bfr.so" | sudo tee -a /etc/php/8.1/cli/php.ini

You should see the extension on the output of:

# php --version

PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13 (cli) (built: Jun 28 2023 14:01:49) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.2, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Better Function Replacer (BFR) v0.1, Copyright (C) 2015, by Lukas Rist
    with Zend OPcache v8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Installation *BSD

Install the dependencies:

pkg_add -r autoconf automake php git

Create symbolic links:

# ln -s /usr/local/bin/php-config-7.0 /usr/local/bin/php-config
# ln -s /usr/local/bin/phpize-7.0 /usr/local/bin/phpize

Get the source github style and run the following in the source directory:

# cd BFR
# phpize

Output on my system looked like this. May vary depending on system.

Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:         20151012
Zend Module Api No:      20151012
Zend Extension Api No:   320151012

Run the following comands. Replace the versions according to your system:

# export AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.61
# export AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.9

Run the usual stuff:

# ./configure --enable-bfr
# make && make install

Build complete.
Don't forget to run 'make test'.

Installing shared extensions:     /usr/local/lib/php-7.0/modules/

Modify your php.ini accordingly. Add:

zend_extension = /usr/local/lib/php-7.0/modules/bfr.so

You should see the extension on the output of:

# php-7.0 --version

PHP 7.0.7 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jun  1 2016 00:58:54)
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
    with Better Function Replacer (BFR) v0.1, , by Lukas Rist
    with Suhosin v0.9.33, Copyright (c) 2007-2012, by SektionEins GmbH