Re: PHP with POSIX style message queues (mq_open() and friends)

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Jameson Williams < jameson@jamesonwilliams.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I need some way to interact with a POSIX message queue from PHP. I am > already aware that the PHP library provides for manipulation of Sys V style > queues (msg_get_queue(), etc.), but I cannot change the queue. I am hoping > to accomplish this capability in a portable way, avoiding external > dependencies if possible. So far, these are two solutions I have thought > of: > > * Build a PHP extension which exposes these functions. > * Build a set of wrapper binaries that can be called via shell_exec() or > shell() > > For performance reasons, the second is nearly a non-option. Is, then, the > first option the only way to go about this? > wouldn't calling the wrapper binaries via exec() be faster w/o the shell overhead? -nathan