CAlling C functions from PHP and vice-a-versa

[itguysam]

Is this possible? I am trying to use PHP as a front end to a C program. What I really want to do is write my algorithims in C and call these functions from PHP and return answers I can display on the web page. Currently I have my program set up to work with my custom matrix classes.

Class Matrix{
       var $width;
       var $heigth;
       var $a;
       Matrix(){
              $a=array()();
       }
}

Can I pass this directly to C? I would also like to be able to show intermediate states by calling my PHP display function from C, can I do this? Thank you all in advance.

[itguysam]

Back to the top!! I know some out there knows how to do this... Even a little hint would be nice😉

[itguysam]

I've answered a few other peoples questions so I hope my karma is now good enough to get a response from one of you senior members.

[Weedpacket]

Best solution: write your own PHP extension (guidelines in the manual) and compile yourself a customised PHP.

Alternatively, compile your C as a standalone executable, and pass it its parameters in a PHP system call, and then pick up the results. That will do the basic "PHP delegating to C" job; intermediate results are probably not as simple.