Re: ITL php code

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at cs dot toronto dot edu>]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Omar Abo-Namous wrote:

> yeah but that means contacting them to include it as a library into php or
> perhaps just including it in the php-config file. But since most of
> web-programmers don't have direct access to the server they are running at, i
> think it's not a simple solution. I am searching for a runtime function that
> loads an external c-library.
> So far i got someone who was asking the same question on the
> 'general'-php-mailinglist who didn't get an answer yet..
>
> Salam.
>
> Omar

No, you can distribute your own PHP modules.  No need to contact
them.  And you can load a module dynamically by using "dl":

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php

Either you call your itl executable and parse the output, or go
this way.  Of course you can spend your time looking for another
solution ;).

--behdad