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Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP

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At Sun, 1 May 2011 15:24:09 -0700 (PDT) Peter Lauren <peterdlauren@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On May 1, 8:29=A0am, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> > At Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Peter Lauren <peterdlau...@gmail=
> .com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 30, 2:05=3DA0pm, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> > > > At Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:55:15 -0700 (PDT) Peter Lauren <peterdlau...@g=
> mail=3D
> > > .com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > I have an object library from code that was written in C++. =3DA0Is=
>  there
> > > > > a PHP call that would enable me to run a function from the library,=
>  or
> > > > > a C++ derived executable, from a web page?
> >
> > > > If the library is on the server, than you can look at SWIG
> > > > (www.swig.org) to create a wrapper module. =3DA0If the C++ executable=
>  is on
> > > > the server, you can use the exec() call to run it from php.
> >
> > > > If the library or executable is on the *client*, then you need to run=
>  or
> > > > call it from JavaScript (I think SWIG can build wrappers for JavaScri=
> pt
> > > > as well as PHP).
> >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Peter.
> >
> > > > --
> > > > Robert Heller =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 -- 978-544-6933 / h=
> el...@deepsoft.c=3D
> > > om
> > > > Deepwoods Software =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0 =3DA0--http://www.deepsoft.com/
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> >
> > > Thanks for the info. Robert but it would appear that C++ is not one of
> > > the languages that is supported by SWIG although SWIG is implemented
> > > in C++.
> > >http://www.swig.org/compat.html#SupportedLanguages
> >
> > SWIG DOES support C++! =A0You are misunderstanding the above URL. =A0It i=
> s
> > the list of supported *scripting* languages (PHP is supported as of
> > swig-1.3.11). =A0There is never a reason to write a wrapper for C++ for
> > calling C++ functions. =A0SWIG generates wrappers for *scripting
> > languates* (such as PHP) to call *compiled* languages including *both*
> > C AND C++ and it actually also works for FORTRAN, and likely any other
> > *compiled* language that can be called from C (like Pascal, Ada, Cobol,
> > etc.). =A0SWIG actually generats C or C++ code.
> >
> >
> >
> > > I guess I will make executables and run them using exec() from PHP.
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Peter.
> >
> > --
> > Robert Heller =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -- 978-544-6933 / hel...@deepsoft.c=
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> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Thanks for the info.  I have a large number of C++ classes.  Would
> SWIG be the better way to go or would writing executables and using
> PHP exec() be better.  I know how to do the latter but thr former my
> be more efficient.

Unless your classes are doing something really exotic, SWIG will do 99%
of the work interfacing between PHP and C++.  You'd mostly just use
SWIG's 'include' statement and include the header files and SWIG will go
from there.

> 
> Thanks,
> Peter.
>                      

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Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Peter Lauren <peterdlauren@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 08:55 -0700
  Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Denis McMahon <denis.m.f.mcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 16:09 +0000
  Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-04-30 13:05 -0500
    Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Peter Lauren <peterdlauren@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 19:54 -0700
      Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-05-01 07:29 -0500
        Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Peter Lauren <peterdlauren@gmail.com> - 2011-05-01 15:24 -0700
          Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-05-01 18:49 -0500
        Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Peter Lauren <peterdlauren@gmail.com> - 2011-05-01 16:17 -0700
        Re: Running a C++ Library Function or Executable Using PHP Peter Lauren <peterdlauren@gmail.com> - 2011-05-01 16:46 -0700

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