FFI::cast

    (PHP 7 >= 7.4.0, PHP 8)

    FFI::cast — Performs a C type cast

    Description

    public FFI::cast(FFI\CType|string $type, FFI\CData|int|float|bool|null &$ptr): ?FFI\CData

    FFI::cast() creates a new FFI\CData object, that references the same C data structure, but is associated with a different type. The resulting object does not own the C data, and the source ptr must survive the result. The C type may be specified as a string with any valid C type declaration or as FFI\CType object, created before. Any type declared for the instance is allowed.

    Parameters

    type

    A valid C declaration as string, or an instance of FFI\CType which has already been created.

    ptr

    The handle of the pointer to a C data structure.

    Return Values

    Returns the freshly created FFI\CData object.

    Changelog

    Version Description
    8.3.0 Calling FFI::cast() statically is now deprecated.

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    Yaner
    2 years ago
    For example, stdlib.h headfile defines a function called "system()" in Linux:  extern int system (const char *__command) __wur;And we can call it using FFI extension:<?php    $ffi_obj = FFI::cdef('int system(char *command);')    $ffi_obj->system('whoami');?>Then execute the php script as if we were calling the real C  `system()`:$ whoami> root$ php demo.php> root
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