You can kind of simulate multithreading with the sockets extension by using socket_select(). Technically, the result is multiplexing and not multithreading, but in the end, it works quite nicely -- you can handle multiple incoming/outgoing connections without the need for forking or multiple threads.
Handling multiple sockets is definitely do-able in PHP, and it's relatively easy to set up. There should be an example I wrote somewhere in the archives. J Dan Hardiker wrote: > The only feature which would be useful towards this module is threading. > If PHP were able to thread it could handle multiple incoming sockets and > neglegate the need for IPC between child processes (where PCNTL has been > used) as it could all be handled by a common parent with shared (not > copied) variables. > > Just my 2p's worth > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
