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FFI::addr

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(PHP 7 >= 7.4.0, PHP 8)

Creates an unmanaged pointer to C data

Description

FFI::addr(FFI\CData $ptr): FFI\CData

Creates an unmanaged pointer to the C data represented by the given FFI\CData. The source ptr must survive the resulting pointer. This function is mainly useful to pass arguments to C functions by pointer.

Parameters

ptr: The handle of the pointer to a C data structure.

Return Values

Returns the freshly created FFI\CData object.

Source: reference/ffi/ffi/addr.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)