PHP Multiple Requests

[NohaKhalifa]

Hi All;

I have a problem facing me in php ...
I'm developing a web site for a book store that take ISBN from user
and search it for other bookstores, so i need to make multiple
requests for these sites to get prices for these books .

So i need something to make these requests Simultaniously, Somethin
like multiThreading .

Anyone have any Idea of how to make this using PHP .

Thanks alot,
Noha

[Chung Leong]

Re: PHP Multiple Requests

"NohaKhalif a" <noha_khalifa@g awab.com> wrote in message
news:949b3128.0 405091108.69c3a 8e7@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> Hi All;
>
> I have a problem facing me in php ...
> I'm developing a web site for a book store that take ISBN from user
> and search it for other bookstores, so i need to make multiple
> requests for these sites to get prices for these books .
>
> So i need something to make these requests Simultaniously, Somethin
> like multiThreading .
>
> Anyone have any Idea of how to make this using PHP .[/color]

Just connect each of the sites using fopen(), then use stream_select() to
wait for data to arrive. Use stream_set_bloc king() so that a call to fread()
doesn't block when there isn't as many bytes as requested.

I must say though, all this is theoretical. I haven't had a chance to try
something like this myself.