/CallDllOnLinux

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Call DLL on Linux

The project shows how to call DLL on Linux.

The code is based on that from the article Writing DLLs for Linux apps.

DLL on Linux

The DLL on Linux is .so (Shared Object) instead of .dll (Dynamic-link library) which you often see on Windows.

How files work together

  1. printHelloworld call function returnHelloworld() in returnHelloworld.so
  2. returnHelloworld.so return string "Hello World" to the main() function in printHelloworld
  3. printHelloworld prints the string "Hello World" to console

make and you will see:

How it works with PHP

  1. With bash, you can start PHP with command php -a
  2. then call the dynamic-link file printHelloworld
  3. echo the return value of printHelloworld on screen