C++ gateway?

[Matthew256]

I've got a PHP site that needs to communicate to a C++ program we're
writing. Can you give me a quick overview of how to set this up?

Thanks,

Matthew

[Andy Hassall]

On 9 Nov 2006 08:38:50 -0800, "Matthew256" <PR********@gmail.comwrote:

>I've got a PHP site that needs to communicate to a C++ program we're
writing. Can you give me a quick overview of how to set this up?

Depends how you define communicate - generally it's the method of interprocess
communication that matters rather than what language the other process was
written in.

Simple command line parameters? http://php.net/system
Pass data via stdin/stdout? http://php.net/proc_open
Sockets? (UNIX, TCP, etc.) http://php.net/sockets
Loaded as a library/extension? http://php.net/manual/en/zend.creating.php

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[Rudi Menter]

Andy Hassall:

>I've got a PHP site that needs to communicate to a C++ program we're
writing. Can you give me a quick overview of how to set this up?

Depends how you define communicate - generally it's the method of
interprocess communication that matters rather than what language
the other process was written in.

Exactly,
and the method you will use should depend of the amount and
velocity of the data, but generally there is only memory
and disk (and possibly even the intra- or internet).

Rgds
--

[Matthew256]

Rudi Menter wrote:

Andy Hassall:

I've got a PHP site that needs to communicate to a C++ program we're
writing. Can you give me a quick overview of how to set this up?

Depends how you define communicate - generally it's the method of
interprocess communication that matters rather than what language
the other process was written in.

Exactly,
and the method you will use should depend of the amount and
velocity of the data, but generally there is only memory
and disk (and possibly even the intra- or internet).

Rgds
--

It's going to be on the same machine, transfering structures back and
forth.
state
zip
item
qty
item
qty
item
qty

Returns:
method
cost
method
cost
method
cost

Maybe twice per minute