how to: php socket comunication??

Friday 16 April 2004 2:41:51 am

hi all
that's my problem:
in my pagelayout.tpl i got to make a call to a log server that will register some information i send to it but without opening any browser window.
i read some php documentation and i saw that there is the socket functions that will fit for me.
so i modified the templatestringoperator.php by adding a new function "sendviasocket" in this way:

//send a socket  request
case $this->SendViaSocket:
{
	/* get the port for the WWW service. */
	$service_port = getservbyname('www', 'tcp');
			
	/* get the server address. */
	$address = gethostbyname($namedParameters['address']);

         /*open the socket*/
	$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);

	$operatorValue=$address;
}break;

no problems until i try to create the socket through the socket_create function
the error is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: socket_create() in c:\programmi\Exponential\Exponential\lib\eztemplate\classes\eztemplatestringoperator.php on line 192
Fatal error: Exponential did not finish it's request

should i import (how??) this function in such a way?
is it possible to have a similar behavior?

best regards
alessandro

Monday 19 April 2004 12:44:24 am

hi bruce!
thanx for your reply, i hope you can help me
yes, the call to the function is in line 192: $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);

i'm using Exponential 3.3-1 with php 4.3.4
what can be the problem? should i import this function in my eztemplatestringoperator.php file?

cheers
alessandro

Tuesday 20 April 2004 12:05:03 am

thanks bruce
there's no way to enable this extension at compile time?
i don't know php (i'm starting learning it now) but i need this feature.
also i think that such a feature will be useful to extend Exponential, to make it comunicate with other applications.

is there some built-in way to comunicate with other applications by sending them some informations?
Could be ezSoap useful to me?

cheers
alessandro

Tuesday 20 April 2004 2:46:48 am

Don't worry about compiling php under windows - use one of these apache/php/mysql packages :
http://www.firepages.com.au/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad
http://www.foxserv.net/portal.php

or the many more found at http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=mysql+php+apache++windows&btnG=Search&meta=

I use linux and cannot vouch for any of them with Exponential. I have used the first 2 listed in the very distant past.

Cheers
Bruce http://www.designit.com.au

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