run JavaScript code in PHP 5.3 with the v8js extension

…for some reason i needed to get t h i s to work before going to sleep.

I’m running OSX 10.7.3 with macports which usually does the job, but  Google’s V8 Javascript Engine is not available as a port yet.

So… homebrew to the rescue:

installed it:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"

and installed v8

brew install v8

wait, this seems too easy.

PECL installed some beta version of the PHP extension.

sudo pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/v8js-0.1.2

added

extension=v8js.so

to the php.ini file.

und bitteschön:

$v8 = new V8Js();
var_dump($v8->executeString("

//hey i'm Javascript Code

//INSIDE PHP !

//wow.
var hello = 'Hallo';

function helloWorld( string ){
return hello + ' ' + string;
}

helloWorld('World');

"));

Such things might come in handy one day, you know.