bcompiler_write_exe_footer()

bcompiler_write_exe_footer - Writes the start pos, and sig to the end of a exe type file

Syntax

bool bcompiler_write_exe_footer (resource $filehandle, int $startpos)

Arguments

• filehandle - A file handle as returned by fopen().
• startpos - The file position at which the Bytecodes start, and can be obtained using ftell().

Description

An EXE (or self executable) file consists of 3 parts: The stub(executable code, e.g. a compiled C program) that loads PHP interpreter, bcompiler extension, stored Bytecodes and initiates a call for the specified function (e.g. main) or class method (e.g. main::main) The Bytecodes (uncompressed only for the moment) The bcompiler EXE footer

Version

PHP PECL bcompiler >= 0.4

Return value

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.