Sockets

[Anon]

Is a server, written in PHP using sockets, possible to support multiples simultaneous conections??
For example on POrt 60001;

if it is, how can it be done??

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It depends on how you want to do it.
Do you want to have one PHP script running forever, accepting connections.
Or are you on un*x and do you want to use the inetd to start a phpscript whenever a connection request comes in?

[Anon]

Thanks for your help.
If you don`t mind, I would apreciate if you could send me both solutions. Even that I think the second one much more appealing.

Thank again
German

[kparker]

I think the second one much more appealing

Good, because the first one is not possible: php has no access to fork() or to threads.

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Kirk,
PHP doesn't support threads, but it does support objects and ticks,
which can be used to simulate threads.
And fork() is can be replaced by exec().