writing to a remote server

[abda53]

is it possible using fopen or another method to have a script write to a different server (both i own)? its for a counter

[abda53]

im ended up using iframe for right now.. if there is any other solution, id appreciate your ideas

[wilku]

fopen has an ftp wrapper, so you probably can do it. There's more on this in php manual for [man]fopen[/man] (in comments and in a list of supported protocols).

[abda53]

thanks..from what ive read earlier about the ftp wrapper.. you can use the ftp part to read from a remote server, but not write.

[drew010]

you can create your own read/write scripts that you can use to communicate with eachother sending data via post.

i.e.
Server A Posts data to a script on Server B (prefereably with some authentication method)
Server B retrieves post data, and writes it to a file.

[wilku]

abda53 wrote:

you can use the ftp part to read from a remote server, but not write.

I've just read it:

Allows read access to existing files and creation of new files via FTP. If the server does not support passive mode ftp, the connection will fail.
You can open files for either reading or writing, but not both simultaneously. If the remote file already exists on the ftp server and you attempt to open it for writing but have not specified the context option overwrite, the connection will fail. If you need to overwrite existing files over ftp, specify the overwrite option in the context and open the file for writing.

So, if I understand it right, you can read file via ftp, modify content and overwrite file via ftp.
But drew010's idea seems more adequate for your purpose (counter).

[abda53]

thanks for the replies

[chrislive]

one way I got around this was to have a php page on the remote server and then rather than running the function on the local server you include the remote script which will then do the work for you.