control I/O from a browser?

From: Rushi (rushi_at_iee.org)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: 11 Jun 2004 08:48:22 -0700

Hi Group,

How can I control I/O from a web browser?

I though I can do it like this.

1) Apache for web server
2) PHP and mySQL
3) Create a data base fields for data I want to pass from browser
4) Write to the data base filed via web page using php or Java applet
5) Read the variables from the database fields with C/C++ program
which talks I/O ports

Can any one point me any link I can look at or any better
ideas???????????????????

Tnx

Rushi