persistent sockets

hebeige

Hello everybody.

I am currently writing a small system in PHP which is able to communicate with a CSCL system called sTeam. I have to Login into the sTeam and use that socket all the way through my pages. Therefor I need a socket which does not close after execution. I know there is a socket type called "pfsockopen" (actually it is not a type i know). This socket is not supposed to close after execution, but to persist all the time until a timeout is cast from the other side. When this socket is closed and opened again. The persistent socket should be used.

But it does not work. I use an Apache 1.3.23 and PHP 4.1.1 .

Can anybody help me?

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"But it does not work"

care to explain a bit more than that?

hebeige

OK, Sorry 'bout that.

I open a socket with "pfsockopen" and close it with "fclose", so the socket persists (in theory). Next time I open a socket with "pfsockopen" a new socket is being opened in spite of using the same.

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Did you read the annotations in the online manual? they mention an awfull lot about pfsockopen not working like other pconnects...

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pfsockopen.php

A forum, a FAQ, what else do you need?