Is it possible to use C++ binaries from php

Question

Is it possible to write some C or C++ code and compile to binaries, then use those binaries with php? Is it also possible to write a php library using C and C++ ?

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Answer 1

You can build shared object extensions that php can then load. There's a short tutorial on this at http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/1021

Answer 2

You can write your code in C/C++ and compile it into an EXE. You can then call exec(); from PHP and execute the code.