Stut,

You are correct. PHP can be used in much more extent, but my tiny box where
I use PHP has never touched that area though :) I did truly enjoy the
continuing of the thread, because I learned that PHP is much more then a Web
Server Scripting Language :)

/Peter



-----Original Message-----
From: Stut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:11 PM
To: Peter Lauri
Cc: 'George Pitcher'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Controlling a scanner with PHP

Peter Lauri wrote:
> Probably nobody, as PHP is a Server Side Scripting Language.

If there's one thing I hate it's needless pigeonholing. PHP is not a 
"Server Side Scripting Language". It is a scripting language for sure, 
but is by no means limited to being used on a server never mind on a web 
server.

As to the OPs question, assuming you are aware that PHP cannot control 
anything on the client-side if used on a web server, and assuming you 
are talking about a Windows-based machine, you will probably find there 
are COM objects you can use to control scanners. From the PHP side check 
here: http://php.net/com. For the actual interface to scanners I suggest 
you Google.

Sounds like a fun project, enjoy.

-Stut

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