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Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP [message #173725 is a reply to message #173720]

Sun, 01 May 2011 23:46

Peter Lauren
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On May 1, 8:29 am, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Peter Lauren <peterdlau...@gmail..com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 30, 2:05=A0pm, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
>>> At Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:55:15 -0700 (PDT) Peter Lauren <peterdlau...@gmail=
>> .com> wrote:
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>>>> I have an object library from code that was written in C++. =A0Is there
>>>> a PHP call that would enable me to run a function from the library, or
>>>> a C++ derived executable, from a web page?
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>>> If the library is on the server, than you can look at SWIG
>>> (www.swig.org) to create a wrapper module. =A0If the C++ executable is on
>>> the server, you can use the exec() call to run it from php.
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>>> If the library or executable is on the *client*, then you need to run or
>>> call it from JavaScript (I think SWIG can build wrappers for JavaScript
>>> as well as PHP).
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>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Peter.
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>> Thanks for the info. Robert but it would appear that C++ is not one of
>> the languages that is supported by SWIG although SWIG is implemented
>> in C++.
>> http://www.swig.org/compat.html#SupportedLanguages
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> SWIG DOES support C++! You are misunderstanding the above URL. It is
> the list of supported *scripting* languages (PHP is supported as of
> swig-1.3.11). There is never a reason to write a wrapper for C++ for
> calling C++ functions. SWIG generates wrappers for *scripting
> languates* (such as PHP) to call *compiled* languages including *both*
> C AND C++ and it actually also works for FORTRAN, and likely any other
> *compiled* language that can be called from C (like Pascal, Ada, Cobol,
> etc.). SWIG actually generats C or C++ code.
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>> I guess I will make executables and run them using exec() from PHP.
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>> Thanks,
>> Peter.
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Hi Robert,

Thanks for the info. I have a large number of C++ classes. Would
SWIG be the better way to go or would writing executables and using
PHP exec() be better. I know how to do the latter but thr former my
be more efficient.

Thanks,
Peter.

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		Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Peter Lauren on Sat, 30 April 2011 15:55
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Denis McMahon on Sat, 30 April 2011 16:09
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Robert Heller on Sat, 30 April 2011 18:05
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Peter Lauren on Sun, 01 May 2011 02:54
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Robert Heller on Sun, 01 May 2011 12:29
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Peter Lauren on Sun, 01 May 2011 22:24
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Robert Heller on Sun, 01 May 2011 23:49
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Peter Lauren on Sun, 01 May 2011 23:17
		Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP By: Peter Lauren on Sun, 01 May 2011 23:46

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