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Currently in order to get a value type of [ubyte] in PHP, iteration is necessary which is not efficient. Helper __vector_as_bytes has been implemented in order to return the byte arrays in PHP efficiently. Appropriate methods also been added to use aforementioned method to return the byte array. (e.g. get*Bytes()). The reason the methods are named get*Bytes() and not for instance get*ByteArray() is the fact that PHP doesn't support byte arrays and the binary safe string implementation in PHP is used to simulate byte arrays and since there is chance for PHP users to confuse this with PHP arrays the name get*Bytes() has been chosen. In the future __vector_as_bytebuffer() method can also be implemented to return PHP implementation of ByteBuffer.
FlatBuffers 
FlatBuffers is an efficient cross platform serialization library for games and other memory constrained apps. It allows you to directly access serialized data without unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.
Go to our landing page to browse our documentation.
Supported operating systems
- Android
- Windows
- MacOS X
- Linux
Supported programming languages
- C++
- C#
- Go
- Java
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Python
and many more in progress...
Contribution
- FlatBuffers Google Group to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
- FlatBuffers Issues Tracker to submit an issue.
- stackoverflow.com with
flatbufferstag for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
To contribute to this project, see CONTRIBUTING.
Integration
For applications on Google Play that integrate this tool, usage is tracked.
This tracking is done automatically using the embedded version string
(flatbuffer_version_string), and helps us continue to optimize it. Aside from
consuming a few extra bytes in your application binary, it shouldn't affect
your application at all. We use this information to let us know if FlatBuffers
is useful and if we should continue to invest in it. Since this is open
source, you are free to remove the version string but we would appreciate if
you would leave it in.
Licensing
Flatbuffers is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE for the full license text.