Re: [PHP4BETA] Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0.0Release packaged

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Hello thies,

On 04-Jun-00 10:19:29, you wrote:

>> Would it be all to make fd_sets script level variables instead of global
>> variables or are there other issues that you feel that need to be
>> addressed?

>    if somebody bring this code to a "working" state i would be more
>    than happy with that,. back then i just felt i was a really
>    bad idea to call a function select() that actually works like
>    select() but would only work from global-variables.

So you are saying that is not working at all or just it doesn't work right
because it uses global variables?


>    i'd like to see a more complete socket-API in php, but it
>    should be well-thought.

What else do you feel it is missing besides what it is in there already?


>> BTW, does this code from Evan have anything to do with that code from Chris
>> that wrote a socket listen PHP extension to develop a PHP IRC server?

>    i've not seen that code, but i belive - no. look al the last

Then you may want to look here:

http://www.legion.f9.co.uk/php-ircd/php-ircd-0.4.2.tar.gz

If Chris developed a IRC server in PHP with this, maybe he had developed
enough well to make it work consistently.  I think it maybe a good idea to
invite Chris to work in the integration of socket select/listen code if
he has the time.



>    100 lines in file.c and judge yourself.


I don't see the listen code in there. I just see select(). I don't think you
can write socket deamons with that.


>> >    i'm sure it will reappear in good-shape one day. anybody
>> >    wants to volonteer?
>> 
>> I am too busy like everybody else, but once in a while I have some time
>> free. I can take on the job in my free time, if you can guide me through
>> the issues that you feel that are necessary to be address.

>    i think staying near to the unix socket-API would be a

Yes, but making sure that at least it works compatibly under Windows.  I
don't know enough Windows socket programming.  Somebody with that skill
need to contribute or at least give some input.


>    GoodThing(tm). i'm sure evan could and would have done it,
>    but he seemed to busy back then (i hope i didn't demotivate
>    him) and obviously he did not need that support himself.

Yes, he told me he is too busy, like everybody else. :-(


>> PHP is lagging in its abilities when compared with other languages like
>> Perl and Java because there is no way to make it act as backend server that
>> front end scripts may connect to do assyncronous processing.  I feel that
>> is the way to go for it.

>    same here. (i'd like to have a full working gnutella node
>    written in php!)

Cool.  Try Chris socket listen extension to see if it can be made to work
right the way it is.


Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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