embed.md

• Source code: sapi/embed/CMakeLists.txt

The embed SAPI

Configure the embed PHP SAPI.

PHP_SAPI_EMBED

• Default: OFF
• Values: ON|OFF

Enable the embedded PHP SAPI module for embedding PHP into application using C bindings.

The embed library is after the build phase located in the sapi/embed directory:

• as a shared library libphp.so (*nix), or libphp.dylib (macOS), or phpembed.dll (Windows)
• and a static library libphp.a (*nix), or phpembed.lib (Windows)

which can be further used in other applications. It exposes PHP API as C library for other programs to use PHP.