PHP Extensions - Help Needed

[luwk]

I am trying to build a simple PHP Extension which simply returns a

string object.

 

I have followed the tutorial found on http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/1021

up until the deployment stage. Instead of deploying the compiled

module in the PHP Ini directory, I copied it in the same folder where

the test.php page is. Then I am loading the module using the dl()

method.

 

By using the extension_loaded() method I am making sure that the

extension is loaded successfully, however when I try to execute the

GetMessage method found in the extension, the php compiler just

crashes. ie. it stops compiling and does not issue any form of error

message.

 

I even tried to capture any exception thrown by calling the

GetMessage() function from within a Try Catch block, however no

exception is thrown, the compiler just crashes, or so it seems.

 

Any idea what I might be doing incorrectly? Since the Extension

compiles successfully and the module files are created without error,

can I consider that step done? Or can the problem reside in the

original source?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks and Regards,

Luke