Re: PHP connection to external application

On 12 Jun 2008, at 12:20, hce wrote:

What is the best way for a PHP web application to connect to an external application written by C in Linux OS? (1) Can PHP directly call external C functions, or similar solution?

No, but you can wrap the C functions in a PHP extension.

(2) Can PHP pass messages to message queue which external C program can access?

Depends on the implementation of the queue, but the answer is almost certainly yes.

(3) Socket connection between the PHP and externam C program.

This would usually be my preferred choice unless there is a particular reason to avoid this in which case I would go down the PHP extension route. A lot will depend on what the C code is doing and how your PHP scripts will interact with it. -Stut -- http://stut.net/