Re: Calling c function from php

if you want to integrate the c/c++ codes in php you can use the build_skel that follows php to do this. write: ./build_skel --extname=calculate --proto=/path/to/calculate.proto --assign-params where extname is the extension name and proto is a file containing the prototypes of the functions to create. something like this: void calc_over( double value ) double calc_under( double value, double type ) and so on... im sure there are howtos and such on the net, so i dont botter writing it all down. Terje On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:56:52 +0200, Cpt John W. Holmes wrote (in message <009701c335a9$daa1fc60$a629089b@TBHHCCDR>): >> Anyway, can any make a suggestion on how to connect to a c function from >> a php app? >> >> I have to connect to a sales tax calculation software. The function >> is being written for me but I have to figure how to call it - get the >> variable - and use it again in my php app. >> >> I've been told there's an api or module on the php site with >> documentation that I am trying to research. >> >> Has anybody ever done this ? > > I'm sure you could compile it into PHP somehow, if you wanted to go that > route. I can't help you there, though. > > Or, you could just compile your C function into a stand-alone program and > call it through exec(), passing the parameters it needs and then retrieving > the output. > > Why not just "port" the C code over to PHP?? > > ---John Holmes... >