# bcompiler_write_class

(PECL bcompiler:0.4-0.8)

bcompiler_write_class — Writes an defined class as bytecodes

### Description

bool bcompiler_write_class ( resource `$filehandle` , string `$className` [, string `$extends` ] )

Reads the bytecodes from PHP for an existing class, and writes them to the open file handle.

### Parameters

`filehandle`

  A file handle as returned by fopen().

`className`

  The class name, as a string.

`extends`

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 bcompiler_write_class() example

`<?php
$fh = fopen("/tmp/example","w");
bcompiler_write_header($fh);
bcompiler_write_class($fh,"DB");
// you must write DB_common before DB_mysql, as DB_mysql extends DB_common.
bcompiler_write_class($fh,"DB_common");
bcompiler_write_class($fh,"DB_mysql");
bcompiler_write_footer($fh);
fclose($fh);
?>`

### Notes

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

> Note: This function does not perform dependency checking, so make sure you write the classes in an order that will not result in an undefined class error occurring when you load it.

### See Also

- bcompiler_write_header()
- bcompiler_write_footer()