Re: w32api GUI

Hi, The FFI extension works great and seems to be more intuitive than w32api. Thanks for your help. -bill "Dvdmandt" <dvdmandt@telia.com> wrote in message news:20040325184212.48978.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi.. Intresting idea, but you really should forget about that extension.. It > doesn't really work, it's no longer under development and it's not supported > afaik.. :p In PHP5, a new extension, named FFI will replace w32api.. I don't > think it's included, so you'll have to get it from pecl or snaps.php.net.. > > Also, shouldn't you use some hWnd? 0 seems a bit bad... :p But anyway, I > don't really have any idea what I'm writing about.. > > > Oh, and you might wanna try other PHP versions.. I had code working in 4.2.* > and maybe even 4.3.0, that doesn't work with latest versions... > -- > // DvDmanDT > MSN: dvdmandt¤hotmail.com > Mail: dvdmandt¤telia.com > "Bill Zeller" <bill@zempt.com> skrev i meddelandet > news:20040325024801.32333.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Hey guys, > > > > I have a non-standard question regarding Windows programming. > > > > My objective is to create a small PHP wrapper for some basic win32 api > > stuff, such as creating message boxes and some dialog windows. This would > be > > used for windows command line scripting, not for web development. I > realize > > php-gtk exists, but I'd like to do this mainly for the native widget-ness > > and to learn more about the windows API. > > > > I have three questions. > > > > (using windows xp pro and php-4.3.4) > > 1) What's wrong with this code? The documentation is not up to date, and > > this should work. (other functions, using the same idea, do work. For > > example, "long GetTickCount () From Kernel32.dll" works fine) > > > > <?php > > if (!dl("php_w32api.dll")) { > > echo "Unable to load php_w32api.dll"; > > exit; > > } > > > > $api = new win32; > > $api->registerfunction("long MessageBox (long hWnd, string lpText, string > > lpCaption, long uType) from User32.dll"); > > > > if ($api->MessageBox(0, "testing", "testing somemore", 0) == 0) > > { > > echo "failed"; > > }else{ > > echo "succeeded"; > > } > > ?> > > > > (nothing happens and failed is always printed) > > > > 2) Will this be supported in PHP 5? I downloaded RC 1 and don't see a > > php_w32api.dll in the extensions directory. > > > > 3) Do you know another way of accessing functions in dlls on windows? > > > > Thanks > > > > Best Regads, > > Bill Zeller