http://adhearsion.com/ is cool if you are familiar with ruby programming language.
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Steve Edwards <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, bilal ghayyad wrote: > > If I need to build IVR using Asterisk (so I will read and write to >> database), until now from my reading, I can understand that the best way is >> to use AGI to call external script like php which will manipulate every >> thing, correct? >> > > I have a strong aversion to cobbling up database access in dialplan. It's > just ugly. An AGI is so much cleaner and flexible. > > My personal preference is C, but that's my sharpest tool and being a > compiled language is faster than scripting languages like PHP. > > If PHP is your 'sharpest tool,' go with it. Unless you're cranking through > a boat load of calls or working within tight hardware constraints you > should be fine. > > > Well, the returned values from this script that I can use it to route the >> call to the proper queue or Phone, how I can handle these returned values? >> Do I have to store it in the database? Well, how I will read it from >> database and use it in the extensions.conf? >> > > You can set channel variables within your AGI. I wrote a 'third party > verification' system a couple of years ago. One of the AGIs ('lookup-dnis') > looks up the dialed number (DNIS) in the database and sets a couple hundred > channel variables in the blink of an eye. The channel variables then > control the flow of the script - what kind of questions are asked and what > to do with the responses. > > -- > Thanks in advance, > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------- > Steve Edwards [email protected] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST > Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 > > > -- > ______________________________**______________________________**_________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> > -- Thanks & Regards Gokulnath @8129845320
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