Remote Function? Can you do it?

wooster

Hi,

Now this is a comlicated question, hmmm.

What I want to know is whether it is possible for a computer (that is running php, apache etc) to call a function that is running on another computer.

i.e. Computer 1 at http://computer1 has a function update_forum($update)

computer 2 at http://computer2 wants to call that function

is this possible?

Thanks a lot,

Wooster

trexx

should be easy.
just install a PHP script like startMyFunc.php that has the code

updateForum();

on computer A and call it from computer B via HTTP. maybe you should now how to do a handmade HTTP request. And you should also protect the script so that only computer B can access it.

anyway... why don't u use a cronjob tab for something like that?

wooster

What is a cronjob tab????

trexx

err... cronjobs are a unix/linux feature. it allows time-triggered actions (i.e executing a script). with a cronjob it's easy to trigger a PHP script each day or every hour for example.

maybe there is something similar on windows platforms (guess, it has to be so g)