compiler/examples/objective-c-macos

TypePHP Apple native GUI examples

This directory contains matching macOS AppKit and iPhoneOS UIKit applications. Both targets reuse php-src/application.php: TypePHP defines the window layout, application state and click behavior, while Objective-C++ only exposes small native UI operations. Clicking the native button returns a control ID to TypePHP, which updates the status label.

macOS

Requirements:

• macOS with Xcode Command Line Tools
• PHP 8.4 or 8.5 built with the embed SAPI (libphp.dylib)
• a matching PHPX build
• PHPX_HOME pointing to the PHPX source tree

Build from the TypePHP repository root:

export PHPX_HOME=/path/to/phpx
php bin/tpc.php examples/objective-c-macos/project.yml --no-progress

Run the native executable:

./examples/objective-c-macos/typephp_macos_hello

To create a standard .app bundle that can be launched from Finder:

sh examples/objective-c-macos/package-app.sh
open "examples/objective-c-macos/dist/TypePHP macOS Hello.app"

iPhoneOS (physical iPhone)

The iPhone build is cross-compiled on macOS. It requires full Xcode (Command Line Tools alone do not contain the iPhoneOS SDK), an Apple Development signing identity, a provisioning profile for org.swoole.typephp.ios-hello, and an iphoneos-arm64 TypePHP SDK with this layout:

<sdk>/
├── include/php/...
├── lib/
│   ├── libphp.a
│   ├── libphpx.a
│   ├── libgmp.a
│   ├── libgmpxx.a
│   └── libmpfr.a
└── .typephp-ios-sdk-abi

The PHP and every third-party archive in this prefix must be built for arm64-apple-ios; a macOS/Homebrew archive cannot be linked into an iPhoneOS binary. Apple system libraries and UIKit/Foundation remain SDK frameworks and are linked by Xcode rather than copied into libphp.a.

After selecting full Xcode, verify the SDK:

sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
xcrun --sdk iphoneos --show-sdk-path

Build the SDK with swoole-cli. PHP source updates must go through sync-source-code.php; this also validates and synchronizes the generated Zend parser/scanner sources from the official php.net release archive:

cd /path/to/swoole-cli
php sync-source-code.php --action run
php prepare.php @iphoneos-arm64 --with-parallel-jobs=8
./make.sh all-library
./make.sh config
./make.sh libphp
./make.sh phpx
./make.sh sdk

The installed SDK is under thirdparty/phpx/ios/iphoneos-arm64. The php-version major in ios.yml must match sapi/PHP-VERSION.conf used by swoole-cli. Build the executable from the TypePHP repository root; PHPX_HOME selects both PHPX sources and the target SDK:

export PHPX_HOME=/path/to/swoole-cli/thirdparty/phpx
php bin/tpc.php examples/objective-c-macos/ios.yml --no-progress

The compiler produces examples/objective-c-macos/typephp_ios_hello. Package and sign it with a development provisioning profile and identity installed in the login keychain:

export TYPEPHP_IOS_PROVISIONING_PROFILE=/path/to/profile.mobileprovision
export TYPEPHP_IOS_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY='Apple Development: Your Name (TEAMID)'
# Set this when the profile uses a different identifier than the example.
export TYPEPHP_IOS_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER='your.provisioned.bundle.identifier'
sh examples/objective-c-macos/package-ios-app.sh

The package includes iPhone icon sizes generated from the repository's swoole-logo.svg. To regenerate them after changing the logo, install FFmpeg and run:

sh examples/objective-c-macos/generate-ios-icons.sh

Find the connected iPhone and install the bundle:

xcrun devicectl list devices
xcrun devicectl device install app \
    --device <device-id> \
    'examples/objective-c-macos/dist/TypePHP iOS Hello.app'

The .mm bridges are deliberately thin. AppKit/UIKit own native controls and deliver events, but the shared TypePHP class owns the application behavior.