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Doc Bug #80397 The documentation on this page is ambiguous about example language
Submitted: 2020-11-21 20:03 UTC Modified: 2020-11-22 13:43 UTC
From: jacob at jacobthompson dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2020-11-21 20:03 UTC] jacob at jacobthompson dot com
Description:
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The script example here (https://www.php.net/manual/en/internals2.memory.management.php) fails to mention how to try the example by setting up your own extension with ext_skel.php and adding the function provided in this example. It is also ambiguous about whether the example code is in PHP or c. An experienced developer could probably figure this out with the pointer dereferencing going on, but it would be helpful if the guide was more clear on what language is being used in the examples and how it is integrated into an executable and testable target.

Test script:
---------------
//The example code that is referenced on the documentation page.
ZEND_FUNCTION(zend_leak_bytes)
{
    zend_long leakbytes = 3;

    if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "|l", &leakbytes) == FAILURE) {
        return;
    }

    emalloc(leakbytes);
}


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 [2020-11-21 20:10 UTC] girgias@php.net
Internals 2 is about the Zend Engine 2 which powered PHP 5, and most of the info is relevant to the early versions of it.

More recent internals documentation is best found at https://phpinternalsbook.com and https://www.zend.com/resources/writing-php-extensions
 [2020-11-22 13:43 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-11-22 13:43 UTC] cmb@php.net
The documentation states:

| While executing in a debug environment, configured with
| --enable-debug and --enable-zend-test, the leak function used in
| the next example is actually implemented by the engine and is
| available to call in userland.
 
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