Re: ioctl() in PHP

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 13:41, Lokesh Setia wrote: > > > Hello PHP'ers! > > We wish to control a hardware device (a GPIB card) using a web > interface. This device is normally controlled using either: > > 1. simple ioctl() calls to the linux kernel > 2. by a higher level C-library which inturn calls these ioctl()s. > > Does PHP support system calls like ioctl()? I was unable to find it in > the PHP manual. Or even better, can I use the high-level C library > functions for this card from within PHP, without _too_ much of hacking > into the internals of PHP ? > I'm not an expert, but I think that your best bet is to write an external module for php that creates the necessary bindings for your high level API. Check the docs for the details: http://www.php.net/manual/en/zend.php bye, fbv