Re: PHP connection to external application

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? PHP can call external executables via e.g. exec(). > (2) Can PHP pass messages to message queue which external C program > can access? PHP can write to a FIFO / pipe. > (3) Socket connection between the PHP and externam C program. Yes, that works too. What is "the best" depends on your requirements. /Per Jessen, Zürich