fsockopen difficulties

Anon

Hi,

I have been told by an sms company that i can open a permanent connection to a cgi script they have on there server at a given port.

I was using a simple fopen before - but now if i want to send hundreds of sms then a permanent connection is better right??

Ok here is the script so far:

$fp = fsockopen(CONNECTION, PORT, &$errno, &$errstr, 30);
IF (!$fp)
{
printf("Error: %s (%s)", $errstr, $errno);
}
ELSE
{
WHILE (list($mobilenumber) = each($listarray))
{
fputs ($fp, "user=&pass=&smsto=$mobilenumber&smsfrom=$smsfrom&subaccount=&note=TESTSMS&logo_type=$type&img=$buff&mobile_operator_code=$networkarray[0]&B1=Send+SMS+Text+Message");
$data = fread($fp, 16384);
echo "$data";
}
$data = fread($fp, 16384);
fclose($fp);

OK the problem I have is that I dont know how to give the data to the company ie do i use fopen again - but i have an already open connection - is it fputs, fwrites etc.

Any help is very appreciated

Regards

Ian

Anon

Use pfsockopen instead of fsockopen. It works in exactly the same way. What i am not sure about is how you then retrieve the file pointer for subsequent use... I have absolutely on idea if this will work, but try it if you like:

//Check to see if the connection is already open
if(file_exists("./pointer.dat")){
// grab the pointer if it's there
$sockpointer=file("./pointer.dat");

//get out of the array for convinience
$sockpointer=$sockpointer[0];
}
// if not, open it and save the pointer.
else{
// open connections.
$fp=fopen("./pointer.dat", "w");
$sockpointer=pfsockopen("127.0.0.1", 80);

// save the pointer
fputs($fp, $sockpointer);
//close the file...
fclose($fp);
}
// the rest of the script. $sockpointer now contains... the pointer.
...
...
...

As i said, I have no clue if this will work 🙂 It's just an idea.