PHP Sockets

jaywebster

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice/help.

Is it possible if I create a tcp chat server in C#.NET to create something in PHP that would be able to connect to the C# app?

Not sure if this is possible or not.

Thanks

Jay

bradgrafelman

Welcome to PHPBuilder!

Is it possible in a theoretical sense? Definitely yes. Is it practical to use PHP for this purpose? Some might say no, but it is indeed possible.

If you know the protocol, all that PHP really "needs" to know how to do is connect to a remote socket and let you use that protocol, and to that end there is a [man]sockets[/man] extension which may be used.

sneakyimp

jaywebster;10974764 wrote:
Is it possible if I create a tcp chat server in C#.NET to create something in PHP that would be able to connect to the C# app?

It is indeed possible if you have the sockets extension installed. It may also be possible with stream functionality but I know little about that.

You should probably avoid trying to write any kind of elaborate protocol -- this can be quite time-consuming. Check out the Flashmog link in my signature for an example of PHP code using sockets.