How to call a dll file that is in client system using PHP?

Question

Hi friends, I want to call the dll that is available in client machine(For example:C:\Program Files\Applicationname\example.dll).I am using windows environment.So No issues with using COM.
But I dont know how to create a object for the client's machine dll?I need a help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If this DLL is a COM object you may take a look at the relevant section in the documentation. If it is a Win32 library you could use the w32api_invoke_function but this extension is still experimental.

Answer 2

As a rule php running on the server has no access to a dll/com component residing on the client.
You need a very special environment to do so. Either server and client are the same machine. Or the client machine exposes the component via DCOM (or its .net equivalent).