Calling C++ functions from PHP

[novis]

Is there any way, how to call a C++ function from PHP, for example create a DLL file in C++ , that could be inported to PHP? Please let me know, if you know about some place, where to find instructions about this. Thank you.

[jayant]

Have you tried Swig

[self-edit]had mistyped the URL[/self-edit]

[killerbishop]

Yes, there is something like what you are talking about. You need to learn the Zend API before you can do it though, read:

http://www.zend.com/zend/api.php

It's a pretty straightforward API. The hooks you make will call out to the library that you want to use. Of course, since PHP is compiled using gcc (not g++), you'll have to accomodate the C syntax so that it can work with C++ bindings.