Rust Extensions for PHP: FFI Prototypes, Zend Boundaries, and Operational Safety

A practical two-hour session on Rust Extensions for PHP, focused on FFI Prototypes, Zend Boundaries, and Operational Safety. The session treats Rust as a native component exposed through C-compatible boundaries, with attention to packaging, ownership, host-runtime tests, and failure handling.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Rust Extensions for PHP
• Apply FFI Prototypes in a small working example
• Apply Zend Boundaries in a small working example
• Apply and Operational Safety in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.