Posted by Rik on 10/18/06 14:45

Tim Roberts wrote:
> 99m@myway.com wrote:
>>
>> We plan to find a scanner that handles a stack of unfolded documents,
>> connected on USB port. The PC will be Ubuntu Linux (Dapper release).
>> Next, we're hoping that someone has created an API for PHP4 or PHP5,
>> such as a PEAR or PECL object, to connect to this scanner, read in
>> the documents, and convert to TIFF images for a folder on the Linux
>> hard drive.
>>
>> What is your PHP preferred object library for scanning a stack of
>> docs
>> on Ubuntu Linux?
>
> Why on earth would you even consider doing such a project in PHP?
>
> I know this is a PHP newsgroup, and I'll probably catch flak for
> saying it, but PHP is NOT NOT NOT a general-purpose programming
> language. If you need to talk to a piece of hardware, manipulate
> images, and manage the file system, do it in a language that has
> support for those things. C, C++, or Python come to mind. PHP does
> not.

Why should you 'catch flak'? You're totally correct, anyone who knows a
little bit about PHP knows that this is not something you should let PHP
do.
--
Grtz,

Rik Wasmus

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