How can we use PHP to access shared library functions?

PHP function dl() – Loads a PHP extension at runtime <?php // Example loading an extension based on OS if (!extension_loaded(‘svnlabs’)) { if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === ‘WIN’) { dl(‘php_svnlabs.dll’); } else { dl(‘svnlabs.so’); } } // Or, the PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX constant is available as of PHP 4.3.0 if (!extension_loaded(‘svnlabs’)) { $prefix = (PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX === ‘dll’) ? ‘php_’ : ”; dl($prefix . ‘svnlabs.’ . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX); } ?> We can use linux “nm” or “objdump” command to list symbols in object files… # nm -C … Read more