14.8.2.PHP Extension Functions

The following functions have been added to the Virtuoso server in order to enable PHP processing.

PHP Server Handler.

__http_handler_php( in file_name varchar,
in params vector (opt1, value [,...]) or string session,
in lines vector (opt, value[,...] ),
inout what any );

This function will be detected and called automatically by the Virtuoso HTTP/WebDAV server when a request for a file with extension .php is made.

  • The

    file_name

    argument will be the path to the file when the PHP page is stored on the file system or the actual content of the page when a WebDAV resource is processed.

  • The content of request entity body will be stored in a string session and passed down to the __http_handler_php as the

    params

    argument.

  • The HTTP request header will be passed as the

    lines

    argument.

  • The

    what

    parameter is used for in two ways: to indicate whether the first argument is a path/file name to a file on the filesystem or the content of the required WebDAV resource. The HTTP/WebDAV server will return an array of two elements to this parameter.

PHP Processor.

__http_php_str( in string varchar,
in params vector (opt1, val1 [,...]) , varchar);

This function takes a string containing PHP code (page), and parameters supplied in the params array and returns the result from the PHP engine as a string. This can be useful for performing PHP transformations in PL or VSP code.

  • the

    string

    is the source of the PHP page

  • params

    is a string or array of strings containing parameter name and parameter value pairs. In the case of a single string it must contain form parameters in the application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoding. In case of an aref of strings it must contain the name and value for parameters. (Like the params argument in the VSPs).