On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 12:12 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > > In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. > > Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was > sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing > > an OCR app using it. > [/snip] > > Sure, but then the scanning device would have to be connected to the > server. I suppose you could open a socket and stream the information to > the server and then have PHP read and interpret the stream as it > arrives. See how complex this is becoming?
It was JUST as complex the first time someone did it in C, or Java, or what have your for a chosen language. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
