C

Anybody know of a way to use C from php ?

Thanks

"Jeffrey Silverman" <jeffrey@jhu.edu> wrote in message
news:<pan.2003.08.20.13.30.50.245904@jhu.edu>...
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:22:11 +0200, LC wrote:
>
> > Anybody know of a way to use C from php ?
>
> If you write a C program, you can access it via system() or passthru()
> or a couple of other similar functions.

Alternatively, if you have a library written in C (*.dll on Windows
or *.so on Linux) you can link it to it using dl() function.

Cheers,
NC

"LC" <laurent.chenu@adhocsys.net> wrote in news:3f4375fd$0$9620$7a628cd7
@news.club-internet.fr:

> Anybody know of a way to use C from php ?

Look at the Zend API docs in the manual. Here's the chapter on extension
creation:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/zend.creating.php

KAH