Dan wrote: > I've looked arround and I can't find any mention of ISAPI COM, it's a > pretty low level way of making applications, it would be upto the ISAPI code to 'publish' a COM interface to its functionality. in php you merely start a COM session by creating a COM object that inits the functionality offered by the ISAPI code by way of the passed in 'modulename' ... the functionality available via the php COM object interface is dependent on whatever the ISAPI exposes via COM. try also searching for ISAPI and OLE combinations. I'll be honest and say that I'm just stabbing in the dark, but it just seems right that you should be able to talk to the ISAPI interface somehow withit involve the network stack or HTTP. goodluck. > you used to be able to > install PHP itself as a COM application on IIS to do PHP stuff. > > Is there any sort of compatiblity list for com? not sure what you mean. > > - Daniel > > "Jochem Maas" <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:467797CE.2010109@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Dan wrote: >>> For example, I could use function fsockopen but that seems like it would >>> probably be pretty slow doing all that, and if there's a php function or >>> small script that would be preferable over the 50/60 lines you would >>> need to do it properly with fsockopen. >> >> with the caveat that it'll only work as a GET request (which probably >> means no cigar for you), >> and requires that your php is setup to allow open urls (ini setting >> 'allow_url_fopen') >> >> $response = >> file_get_contents('http://your.iis.machine/some/path/some_isapi.dll?foo=bar'); >> >> >> otherwise the fsockopen() route is all that seems to be open to you, >> given that curl reliance >> is a no-no. - the biggest factor in the response speed is likely to be >> the server at the other >> end (assuming the network connection between the 2 machines is >> generally ok), so if things >> are slow you might consider caching the results locally (again, >> assuming that this is feasable.) >> >> is the isapi extension on the same machine? >> if so maybe it has a COM interface with which you can talk to it? >> >> http://php.net/com >> >> no idea if that is feasible - I've never really used IIS, let alone >> had to deal with isapi extensions. >> >>> >>> - Daniel >>> >>> ""Jay Blanchard"" <jblanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:56608562F6D5D948B22F5615E3F57E690245F0AC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> [snip] >>> I'm in need of a way to contact an ISAPI Extension from a PHP function. >>> Does anyone know how I would be able to do this? Usually you would post >>> a >>> page to their URL/actionname. Can I do a POST from a PHP function >>> without >>> reloading the page, and get a result back? That's one tall order. >>> Anyone >>> want to give it a shot? >>> [/snip] >>> >>> Do the POST with an AJAX call > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
