ta lawrence ..
did you get that to work on your server side??
if so maybe its a m$IIS problem (which i am forced to run off) ..
because that code hangs here too
cheers
brendan
Lawrence Sheed wrote:
> Have you tried setting socket blocking?
> Here's what I do...
>
> var $connection=0;
> $host = "pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au";
> $port=23;
>
> switch( $connection=fsockopen($host,$port) ) {
> case -3:
> return("-3 socket could not be created");
> case -4:
> return("-4 dns lookup on host '$host' failed");
> case -5:
> return("-5 connection refused or timed out");
> case -6:
> return("-6 fdopen() call failed");
> case -7:
> return("-7 setvbuf() call failed");
> default:
> //let getline do its job bit by bit rather than timeout by timeout
> ;)
> set_socket_blocking ($connection,false);
> }
>
> Function GetLine() {
> global $debug,$connection;
> $line = fread($connection,128);
> while(empty($line)){
> $line = fread($connection,128);
> usleep(250000);
> }
>
> //If debugging on, force output
> if ($debug) {
> print ($line) ."<br>";
> System("echo ''");
> flush;
> }
>
> return ($line);
> }
>
>
> print GetLine();
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: December 19, 2001 1:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; James Cox
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] telneting sockets help..
>
>
> hi james,
> thanks for your reply ..
> i was able to connect ( i should have written that in the email) its
> getting the info to flush to the screen that i cant do .. it just hangs..
>
> so if you add
> something like
>
> while (!feof($fp)) {
> echo fgets ($fp,128);
> }
> fclose ($fp);
>
> to the end
> you get nothing..
>
> ...
> herein lies my second sleepless day..
> i have been tyring to use the sockets() functions which have been
> added.. but they are badly documented and extremely unfriendly..
>
> how did you manage to interact with your telnet server?
> cheers
> brendan
>
>
> James Cox wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I had recent problems like this, and I traced it to firewall issues;
>>
> however
>
>>i just checked the destination, and found it is possible to telnet to
>>
> that
>
>>port, so it's not a firewall issue on their side.
>>
>>Try using the following code -- and let it run, see what response you get.
>>
>><?php
>>
>>$host = "pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au";
>>
>>$fp = fsockopen($host, 23, &$errno, &$errstr, 5);
>> if (!($fp)) {
>> echo "SOCKET ERROR: $errno - $errstr<br>\n";
>>}
>>
>>?>
>>
>>Hope that helps,
>>
>>James Cox
>>
>>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>>James Cox :: Senior Support Engineer
>>Wherewithal, Inc. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Wherewithal. Capture Creative Connections.
>>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>Sent: 19 December 2001 04:12 AM
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: [PHP] telneting sockets help..
>>>
>>>
>>>hi
>>>
>>>i have been trying to write a telnet client to a tn3270 IBM mainframe
>>>database ( pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au:23 ) using fsockopen ...
>>>i thought it wouldnt be that bad given i have done something similar
>>>with usenet ..
>>>however i cannot get it to work no matter what I do .. i just get a
>>>permanent hang ...
>>>has anyone ever attempted this or have any solutions?
>>>
>>>i know this is rather open ended but i cant offer any code which even
>>>kind of works..
>>>
>>>it would be much appreciated..
>>>
>>>
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