PHP VB doubt

ashzepp

hello everybody,
I am developing a game site. Here the game is created in VB and 'll be installed or downloaded on client machine. Now the webserver is on unix. I 've decided to use PHP on server side. I presume the only way to make VB game and PHP server side script talk is SOCKET. Now i am really stuck how to make an PHP application on the server which 'll wait, listen and respond to the VB client. So if u guys and gals have any suggestion or better approach plz respond. It 'll be really appreciated.
Regards
Ashish

dannys

Just make your VB game send HTTP requests to the PHP page and have PHP send the appropriate response - it's hardly rocket science.

Anon

It sounds like you are doing someking of client server thing correct? If so, you can look into inetd. Now when you say Unix, do you mean Unix, or something like Linux. The reason I ask is because I don't know if inetd exists for Unix.

Anyways, what inetd does, based on my limited understanding, is listen for requests on various ports then fires an appropriate service based on the incoming port. In that way, when you're VB client needs to connect to the system, inetd knows what to do based on what port it's using, and from there, fires the correct, in this case, script.

Now when you say game, is this like a Lottery or something? Fill us in.

Later on,
Big Din K.R.

ashzepp

Hi everybody,
First of all thanks Kybosh and Big Din for ur in time help and consideration . Actually what I am doing is making a Poker Site. The client 'll download the VB exe that is the game on his/her pc. to play the user 'll run the downloaded vb exe file and connect to UNIX server. And when there are more than 4 players on the table, the game starts. And max 8 players are allowed. And everything is controlled from Server. Even part of client GUI. As the BUTTONS to play has to move from one player to another. So Kybosh u recomended VB game to send HTTP request, that was really cool. But can VB game take action on HTTP response from server. Plz lemme know. And Big Din its UNIX server. so i 've to check out does UNIX supports inetd.
But sir ur approach also requires that the VB exe understands the HTTP response from server. Correct me if I am wrong. Waiting for ur replies dudes.
Regards
Ashish