Hi Jay, Monday, October 17, 2005, 3:20:58 PM, you wrote:
> Does anyone have any insight to this type of process? Would I have > to build a PHP extension and compile the DLL as part of PHP's > configuration? Ideally the DLL would be a black box that could be > accessed utilizing functions that I build without a re-compile of > any type. Have only done this once, but I didn't compile the DLL into PHP because that would have meant updating the php build every time a new DLL was released, and updating the functions / documentation accordingly. The DLL was built specifically with a COM interface which I accessed using the PHP COM functions (as I'm sure you've seen already). The DLL authors had to rejig their original code a little, but it was a far less painful process than compiling the DLL into PHP. However for the next revision we are likely to move the DLL code into the .NET framework, build a SOAP interface to it (C#) and let PHP talk to it that way. Although that's more of a political decision than a technical one, I'm just mentioning it incase the idea is useful for you. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.launchcode.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
