Hi Eli--
On 8/9/05 9:40 PM, "Eli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got a PHP program on my server. I want to open a live TCP port
> connection between my server to a client (client is developed in .NET,
> not regular HTTP browser).
> How can I do this using PHP?
You can use the socket functions in conjunction with TCP wrappers.
For example, take a look at fsockopen() in the manual:
http://ca.php.net/fsockopen
The resulting resource can be used with fwrite() and fread() and the likes
as if it were a file resource.
For more complex applications, you can use the actual socket API:
http://beeblex.com/manual/ref.sockets.html?s=man%3Asocket
Finally (since you mention you're connecting to a .Net app), maybe what you
need is a web service protocol like SOAP, in which case if you're using PHP
5 there is a built-in extension, whereas PHP 4 requires you to use a
userland library like the one provided by PEAR:
http://pear.php.net/package/soap/redirected
Cheers,
Marco
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