using C functions in PHP

[Anon]

is there a way to call C library functions from PHP?
how?

Thanks in advance

Marianna

[Anon]

You have to either write your own PHP extension or execute an external process.

[Anon]

thanks, I'll look into that
any good references on "writing my own php extensions"?
I'm extremely new to php - just started looking into it for my new poreject a couple of days ago

thanks again

Marianna