Using DLL in PHP

Anon

I need to use some functions from a DLL buld with visual basic, in PHP. It´s possible? How ?

roel_v

No, it's not possible. Unless the dll is accesible through com. But I'm not even 100% sure about that, I don't have experience with windows platforms.

Anon

First: Thank you Roel

If i have the source of the DLL, what can i do, not to rewrite the code in php of the DLL?

roel_v

There is a good chance there already is a php function or a php library that does what you want; otherwise, you'll have to write a com interface to your dll I guess. But like I said, I don't know much about win32/com development. Please post what it is that your dll does.

Anon

I am doing a intregation of a site made in php, linux to windows, and i have to use a membership ddl already made. This membership does the acess to a database. I need to use this dll.

p.s: Sorry for my bad english and thank you

roel_v

p.s: Sorry for my bad english and thank you

You're welcome.

Anyway, I'm afraid you're going to have troubles with this. If I were you I'd acces the database directly, but if the one who's paying doesn't want that, you have a problem :-) Sorry.

BTW linux to windows is the wrong direction :-)

Anon

Dont listen to the guys who waste your(and their) time responding to posts even though they admit they dont have an answer or know anything about Windows.

You can instantiate most dlls in PHP

Shopcart.dll is a dll I created in VB6 and use in PHP4

$cart = new Com("shopcart.cart1") or die("Can not start com object");

if ($cartid == "")
{
//This is how you call methods of your dll
$cartid=$cart->createCart($custid);
}

Obviously this only works in Windows

Anon

The question was if he could use dll\'s in php. And no, he can not. Dll\'s made with visual basic have code added to them to also make them com objects, in which case they can be used in php, as I pointed out.

Anon

Hello, thnaks for yours post. When i wrote the above posts, the answer i would like to year, it was the the answer of Shawn. I have found the answer in another forum. The project that i was involve, where i need to use dll is now finished and is using com to comunicate bettween php and dll made in VB6

codesters

this dosent work for me. Do i have to configure php to use com?