Once `flatc` is built successfully, compile the schema for your language:
<divclass="language-c">
*Note: If you're working in C, you need to use the separate project [FlatCC](https://github.com/dvidelabs/flatcc) which contains a schema compiler and runtime library in C for C.*
<br>
See [flatcc build instructions](https://github.com/dvidelabs/flatcc#building).
<br>
Please be aware of the difference between `flatc` and `flatcc` tools.
<br>
</div>
<divclass="language-cpp">
~~~{.sh}
cd flatbuffers/sample
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./../flatc --php samples/monster.fbs
~~~
</div>
<divclass="language-c">
~~~{.sh}
cd flatcc
mkdir -p build/tmp/samples/monster
bin/flatcc -a -o build/tmp/samples/monster samples/monster/monster.fbs
# or just
flatcc/samples/monster/build.sh
~~~
</div>
For a more complete guide to using the `flatc` compiler, pleaes read the
For a more complete guide to using the `flatc` compiler, please read the
[Using the schema compiler](@ref flatbuffers_guide_using_schema_compiler)
section of the Programmer's Guide.
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}
~~~
</div>
<divclass="language-c">
~~~{.c}
#include "monster_builder.h" // Generated by `flatcc`.
// Convenient namespace macro to manage long namespace prefix.
#undef ns
#define ns(x) FLATBUFFERS_WRAP_NAMESPACE(MyGame_Sample, x) // Specified in the schema.
// A helper to simplify creating vectors from C-arrays.
#define c_vec_len(V) (sizeof(V)/sizeof((V)[0]))
~~~
</div>
Now we are ready to start building some buffers. In order to start, we need
to create an instance of the `FlatBufferBuilder`, which will contain the buffer
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$builder = new Google\FlatBuffers\FlatbufferBuilder(0);
~~~
</div>
<divclass="language-c">
~~~{.c}
flatcc_builder_t builder, *B;
B = &builder;
// Initialize the builder object.
flatcc_builder_init(B);
~~~
</div>
After creating the `builder`, we can start serializing our data. Before we make
our `orc` Monster, lets create some `Weapon`s: a `Sword` and an `Axe`.
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