Cool.. exactly the kind of info that i was looking for... Tx a lot, i'll check and get back to you
Tx, Vinod. On Thu, 23 May 2002 Faisal Nasim wrote : >Vinod, >On Thu, 23 May 2002 Faisal Nasim >wrote : >Hi, >Why not simply use Apache to forward to the request to your PHP >script or 'other program' and deploy threads for whatever >process >you want to run in the background? >I dont want to run anything else in the background. All i want >to >do is to have the ability to send some data to the client when it >is >required by the system. >Sorry, I didn't read your initial post. ><cut> >If >you really need the socket, you'll probably need to make a >Apache >module and make it listen to the requests and do the work from >the >module itself. >Why should i go to the trouble of making an entire apache module >that >does the work? I'm using PHP scripts for my >Apache provides a nice API. Its quite easy to write a module >and >run >it is a shared object. You should be easily able to get the >socket. >functionality and they are doing >the job excellently. All i was trying to do is to make the >process >more efficient by having the ability to send data asynchronously >without >having the client poll for data all the time. >Thats why i was wondering if apache might be giving some >information to >php regarding the socket so that i could retrieve it in my php >script and >store it for use later. Or if it is possible to write a php >extension that would allow me to get the socket from apache and >store >it. >Okay, just read your first post, you're stuck with a >web-server. >Its easy to get the socket info from an Apache module itself. >You can also modify the PHP module to pass/save that socket >info somewhere. I am not fully sure, but I think the code >should >go in: ' >send_parsed_php' in >mod_php4.c >Check out: r->connection->remote_addr >I don't know whether its going to work or not. I am just trying >to give some pointers. >Faisal _________________________________________________________ Click below to visit monsterindia.com and review jobs in India or Abroad http://monsterindia.rediff.com/jobs -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
