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+/*
+ * Compile this file together with the ph7 engine source code to generate
+ * the executable. For example: 
+ *  gcc -W -Wall -O6 -o ph7_test ph7_intro.c ph7.c
+*/
+/*
+ * This simple program is a quick introduction on how to embed and start
+ * experimenting with the PH7 engine without having to do a lot of tedious
+ * reading and configuration.
+ *
+ * For an introduction to the PH7 C/C++ interface, please refer to this page
+ *        http://ph7.symisc.net/api_intro.html
+ * For the full C/C++ API reference guide, please refer to this page
+ *        http://ph7.symisc.net/c_api.html
+ */
+/*
+ * The following is the PHP program to execute.
+ *   <?php
+ *    echo 'Welcome guest'.PHP_EOL;
+ *    echo 'Current system time is: '.date('Y-m-d H:i:s').PHP_EOL;
+ *    echo 'and you are running '.php_uname();
+ *   ?>
+ * That is, this simple program when running should display a greeting
+ * message, the current system time and the host operating system.
+ * A typical output of this program would look like this:
+ *
+ *	Welcome guest
+ *	Current system time is: 2012-09-14 02:08:44
+ *	and you are running Microsoft Windows 7 localhost 6.1 build 7600 x86
+ *
+ */
+#define PHP_PROG "<?php "\
+                 "echo 'Welcome guest'.PHP_EOL;"\
+                 "echo 'Current system time is: '.date('Y-m-d H:i:s').PHP_EOL;"\
+                 "echo 'and you are running '.php_uname();"\
+                 "?>"
+/* Make sure you have the latest release of the PH7 engine
+ * from:
+ *  http://ph7.symisc.net/downloads.html
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+/* Make sure this header file is available.*/
+#include "ph7.h"
+/* 
+ * Display an error message and exit.
+ */
+static void Fatal(const char *zMsg)
+{
+	puts(zMsg);
+	/* Shutdown the library */
+	ph7_lib_shutdown();
+	/* Exit immediately */
+	exit(0);
+}
+/*
+ * VM output consumer callback.
+ * Each time the virtual machine generates some outputs, the following
+ * function gets called by the underlying virtual machine  to consume
+ * the generated output.
+ * All this function does is redirecting the VM output to STDOUT.
+ * This function is registered later via a call to ph7_vm_config()
+ * with a configuration verb set to: PH7_VM_CONFIG_OUTPUT.
+ */
+static int Output_Consumer(const void *pOutput, unsigned int nOutputLen, void *pUserData /* Unused */)
+{
+	/* 
+	 * Note that it's preferable to use the write() system call to display the output
+	 * rather than using the libc printf() which everybody now is extremely slow.
+	 */
+	printf("%.*s", 
+		nOutputLen, 
+		(const char *)pOutput /* Not null terminated */
+		);
+	/* All done, VM output was redirected to STDOUT */
+	return PH7_OK;
+}
+/* 
+ * Main program: Compile and execute the PHP program defined above.
+ */
+int main(void)
+{
+	ph7 *pEngine; /* PH7 engine */
+	ph7_vm *pVm;  /* Compiled PHP program */
+	int rc;
+	/* Allocate a new PH7 engine instance */
+	rc = ph7_init(&pEngine);
+	if( rc != PH7_OK ){
+		/*
+		 * If the supplied memory subsystem is so sick that we are unable
+		 * to allocate a tiny chunk of memory, there is no much we can do here.
+		 */
+		Fatal("Error while allocating a new PH7 engine instance");
+	}
+	/* Compile the PHP test program defined above */
+	rc = ph7_compile_v2(
+		pEngine,  /* PH7 engine */
+		PHP_PROG, /* PHP test program */
+		-1        /* Compute input length automatically*/, 
+		&pVm,     /* OUT: Compiled PHP program */
+		0         /* IN: Compile flags */
+		);
+	if( rc != PH7_OK ){
+		if( rc == PH7_COMPILE_ERR ){
+			const char *zErrLog;
+			int nLen;
+			/* Extract error log */
+			ph7_config(pEngine, 
+				PH7_CONFIG_ERR_LOG, 
+				&zErrLog, 
+				&nLen
+				);
+			if( nLen > 0 ){
+				/* zErrLog is null terminated */
+				puts(zErrLog);
+			}
+		}
+		/* Exit */
+		Fatal("Compile error");
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Now we have our script compiled, it's time to configure our VM.
+	 * We will install the VM output consumer callback defined above
+	 * so that we can consume the VM output and redirect it to STDOUT.
+	 */
+	rc = ph7_vm_config(pVm, 
+		PH7_VM_CONFIG_OUTPUT, 
+		Output_Consumer,    /* Output Consumer callback */
+		0                   /* Callback private data */
+		);
+	if( rc != PH7_OK ){
+		Fatal("Error while installing the VM output consumer callback");
+	}
+	/*
+	 * And finally, execute our program. Note that your output (STDOUT in our case)
+	 * should display the result.
+	 */
+	ph7_vm_exec(pVm, 0);
+	/* All done, cleanup the mess left behind.
+	*/
+	ph7_vm_release(pVm);
+	ph7_release(pEngine);
+	return 0;
+}