Send binary data to socket

[Quarco]

Hi,

Quick & simple question:
I have to send the next data to a socket in order to make a popup visible on
a windows machine..

TITLE Title of popup [enter]
TEXT Text in popup [enter]
POPUP [enter]


<?
$s=socket_raw_c onnect($host,$p ort,15,'TITLE Test \nTEXT Text in
popup\nPOPUP\n' );

function socket_raw_conn ect ($server, $port, $timeout,$reque st) {
if (!is_numeric($p ort) or !is_numeric($ti meout)) {return false;}
$socket = fsockopen($serv er, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
if(!$socket) { echo "Opening socket error"; exit(); }

sleep(10); #Wait for program... bug :-)
$put=fputs($soc ket, $request);
sleep(10);
fclose($socket) ;
}
?>

Now, I have tried the whole scala of \r \n \r\n \0x0a etc.. for \n but it
doesn't seem to work..

Anyone a bright idea???


Thanx in advance,
Marco

[Erwin Moller]

Re: Send binary data to socket

Hi Marco,

I fail to see what a popup has to do with a socket.
Really.
Are you talking about browser-popup?

That aside: What do you mean by "doesn't seem to work?"

Is the socket not accepting connections?
You didn't create a socket on a port under 1024 on *nix without being root??

Do you get an error?
Does the whole thingy time-out?

Please provide us/me with a little more information.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Marco]

Re: Send binary data to socket

Ok.. Seems the information was too little :-)

here we go with a little more info:

A friend of mine as programmed a simple popup kind of thing.
I made a scheduler in PHP, but to assure we don't forget any todo-items I
thought it would be a nice feature to let this scheduler (running on LINUX
server with apache/PHP) send messages to (in this case) my windows machine.
(e.g: call php page with aid of crontab)

Now, this friend has a reputation with Delphi (pascal) and programmed a nice
little popup application.
To use it I have to connect to (if local) 127.0.0.1 port 12345 (with SSH /
putty raw connection) and after entering the Tilte of the popup, text and
the final POPUP command, I see a nice popup with the text I entered...

....
So the commands entered in the PUTTY window are quite simple:
TITLE Title of popup window
TEXT text in popup window
POPUP

Now what I have to do (in php duh..) is sending these commands to the
client......... .....
So my thought would be creating a socket to the (windows) machine with the
popup-thing running and send the commands..
But it just doesn't seem to work..

If anyone of you can help me out.. PLEASE!! :-)

Thanx in advance,
Marco




"Quarco" <dontbother@hot mail.com> schreef in bericht
news:41b86bfc$0 $566$e4fe514c@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Quick & simple question:
> I have to send the next data to a socket in order to make a popup visible
> on
> a windows machine..
>
> TITLE Title of popup [enter]
> TEXT Text in popup [enter]
> POPUP [enter]
>
>
> <?
> $s=socket_raw_c onnect($host,$p ort,15,'TITLE Test \nTEXT Text in
> popup\nPOPUP\n' );
>
> function socket_raw_conn ect ($server, $port, $timeout,$reque st) {
> if (!is_numeric($p ort) or !is_numeric($ti meout)) {return false;}
> $socket = fsockopen($serv er, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
> if(!$socket) { echo "Opening socket error"; exit(); }
>
> sleep(10); #Wait for program... bug :-)
> $put=fputs($soc ket, $request);
> sleep(10);
> fclose($socket) ;
> }
> ?>
>
> Now, I have tried the whole scala of \r \n \r\n \0x0a etc.. for \n but it
> doesn't seem to work..
>
> Anyone a bright idea???
>
>
> Thanx in advance,
> Marco
>
>
>
>[/color]

[Chung Leong]

Re: Send binary data to socket

"Quarco" <dontbother@hot mail.com> wrote in message
news:41b86bfc$0 $566$e4fe514c@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Quick & simple question:
> I have to send the next data to a socket in order to make a popup visible[/color]
on[color=blue]
> a windows machine..
>
> TITLE Title of popup [enter]
> TEXT Text in popup [enter]
> POPUP [enter]
>
>
> <?
> $s=socket_raw_c onnect($host,$p ort,15,'TITLE Test \nTEXT Text in
> popup\nPOPUP\n' );
>
> function socket_raw_conn ect ($server, $port, $timeout,$reque st) {
> if (!is_numeric($p ort) or !is_numeric($ti meout)) {return false;}
> $socket = fsockopen($serv er, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
> if(!$socket) { echo "Opening socket error"; exit(); }
>
> sleep(10); #Wait for program... bug :-)
> $put=fputs($soc ket, $request);
> sleep(10);
> fclose($socket) ;
> }
> ?>
>
> Now, I have tried the whole scala of \r \n \r\n \0x0a etc.. for \n but it
> doesn't seem to work..
>
> Anyone a bright idea???[/color]

A firewall blocking the connection? What port are you using?

BTW: I hope you're not writing an adware.

[Marco]

Re: Send binary data to socket =&gt; solve

Seemed the app. expected a timout between the commands..


No, it is _not_ an ad aware whatsoever :-)


"Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@ hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:nb-dnciOxoA6cSXcRV n-pA@comcast.com. ..[color=blue]
> "Quarco" <dontbother@hot mail.com> wrote in message
> news:41b86bfc$0 $566$e4fe514c@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Quick & simple question:
>> I have to send the next data to a socket in order to make a popup visible[/color]
> on[color=green]
>> a windows machine..
>>
>> TITLE Title of popup [enter]
>> TEXT Text in popup [enter]
>> POPUP [enter]
>>
>>
>> <?
>> $s=socket_raw_c onnect($host,$p ort,15,'TITLE Test \nTEXT Text in
>> popup\nPOPUP\n' );
>>
>> function socket_raw_conn ect ($server, $port, $timeout,$reque st) {
>> if (!is_numeric($p ort) or !is_numeric($ti meout)) {return false;}
>> $socket = fsockopen($serv er, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
>> if(!$socket) { echo "Opening socket error"; exit(); }
>>
>> sleep(10); #Wait for program... bug :-)
>> $put=fputs($soc ket, $request);
>> sleep(10);
>> fclose($socket) ;
>> }
>> ?>
>>
>> Now, I have tried the whole scala of \r \n \r\n \0x0a etc.. for \n but it
>> doesn't seem to work..
>>
>> Anyone a bright idea???[/color]
>
> A firewall blocking the connection? What port are you using?
>
> BTW: I hope you're not writing an adware.
>
>[/color]

[Chung Leong]

Re: Send binary data to socket

"Marco" <dont_send{spam }[mps]@this.address[webmind.nl].please.com> wrote in
message news:41b8e09e$0 $45946$a344fe98 @news.wanadoo.n l...[color=blue]
> Ok.. Seems the information was too little :-)
>
> here we go with a little more info:
>
> A friend of mine as programmed a simple popup kind of thing.
> I made a scheduler in PHP, but to assure we don't forget any todo-items I
> thought it would be a nice feature to let this scheduler (running on LINUX
> server with apache/PHP) send messages to (in this case) my windows[/color]
machine.[color=blue]
> (e.g: call php page with aid of crontab)
>
> Now, this friend has a reputation with Delphi (pascal) and programmed a[/color]
nice[color=blue]
> little popup application.
> To use it I have to connect to (if local) 127.0.0.1 port 12345 (with SSH /
> putty raw connection) and after entering the Tilte of the popup, text and
> the final POPUP command, I see a nice popup with the text I entered...
>
> ...
> So the commands entered in the PUTTY window are quite simple:
> TITLE Title of popup window
> TEXT text in popup window
> POPUP
>
> Now what I have to do (in php duh..) is sending these commands to the
> client......... .....
> So my thought would be creating a socket to the (windows) machine with[/color]
the[color=blue]
> popup-thing running and send the commands..
> But it just doesn't seem to work..
>
> If anyone of you can help me out.. PLEASE!! :-)
>
> Thanx in advance,
> Marco
>
>
>
>
> "Quarco" <dontbother@hot mail.com> schreef in bericht
> news:41b86bfc$0 $566$e4fe514c@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .[color=green]
> > Hi,
> >
> > Quick & simple question:
> > I have to send the next data to a socket in order to make a popup[/color][/color]
visible[color=blue][color=green]
> > on
> > a windows machine..
> >
> > TITLE Title of popup [enter]
> > TEXT Text in popup [enter]
> > POPUP [enter]
> >
> >
> > <?
> > $s=socket_raw_c onnect($host,$p ort,15,'TITLE Test \nTEXT Text in
> > popup\nPOPUP\n' );
> >
> > function socket_raw_conn ect ($server, $port, $timeout,$reque st) {
> > if (!is_numeric($p ort) or !is_numeric($ti meout)) {return false;}
> > $socket = fsockopen($serv er, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
> > if(!$socket) { echo "Opening socket error"; exit(); }
> >
> > sleep(10); #Wait for program... bug :-)
> > $put=fputs($soc ket, $request);
> > sleep(10);
> > fclose($socket) ;
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> > Now, I have tried the whole scala of \r \n \r\n \0x0a etc.. for \n but[/color][/color]
it[color=blue][color=green]
> > doesn't seem to work..
> >
> > Anyone a bright idea???
> >
> >
> > Thanx in advance,
> > Marco
> >
> >
> >
> >[/color][/color]

For this kind of thing it makes much more sense for the client to poll the
server across port 80. That way your program would still work when there's a
firewall between the two.

[Marco]

Re: Send binary data to socket

Funny, thought of that last night myself :-)

Still, it was a nice learning-thing ..

Thanx all for your time..

Greetz,
Marco



"Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@ hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:h4ednZ7Y57 NW2yfcRVn-3Q@comcast.com. ..[color=blue]
> "Marco" <dont_send{spam }[mps]@this.address[webmind.nl].please.com> wrote
> in
> message news:41b8e09e$0 $45946$a344fe98 @news.wanadoo.n l...[color=green]
>> Ok.. Seems the information was too little :-)
>>
>> here we go with a little more info:
>>
>> A friend of mine as programmed a simple popup kind of thing.
>> I made a scheduler in PHP, but to assure we don't forget any todo-items
>> I
>> thought it would be a nice feature to let this scheduler (running on
>> LINUX
>> server with apache/PHP) send messages to (in this case) my windows[/color]
> machine.[color=green]
>> (e.g: call php page with aid of crontab)
>>
>> Now, this friend has a reputation with Delphi (pascal) and programmed a[/color]
> nice[color=green]
>> little popup application.
>> To use it I have to connect to (if local) 127.0.0.1 port 12345 (with SSH
>> /
>> putty raw connection) and after entering the Tilte of the popup, text and
>> the final POPUP command, I see a nice popup with the text I entered...
>>
>> ...
>> So the commands entered in the PUTTY window are quite simple:
>> TITLE Title of popup window
>> TEXT text in popup window
>> POPUP
>>
>> Now what I have to do (in php duh..) is sending these commands to the
>> client......... .....
>> So my thought would be creating a socket to the (windows) machine with[/color]
> the[color=green]
>> popup-thing running and send the commands..
>> But it just doesn't seem to work..
>>
>> If anyone of you can help me out.. PLEASE!! :-)
>>
>> Thanx in advance,
>> Marco
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Quarco" <dontbother@hot mail.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:41b86bfc$0 $566$e4fe514c@n ews.xs4all.nl.. .[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Quick & simple question:
>> > I have to send the next data to a socket in order to make a popup[/color][/color]
> visible[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > on
>> > a windows machine..
>> >
>> > TITLE Title of popup [enter]
>> > TEXT Text in popup [enter]
>> > POPUP [enter]
>> >
>> >
>> > <?
>> > $s=socket_raw_c onnect($host,$p ort,15,'TITLE Test \nTEXT Text in
>> > popup\nPOPUP\n' );
>> >
>> > function socket_raw_conn ect ($server, $port, $timeout,$reque st) {
>> > if (!is_numeric($p ort) or !is_numeric($ti meout)) {return false;}
>> > $socket = fsockopen($serv er, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
>> > if(!$socket) { echo "Opening socket error"; exit(); }
>> >
>> > sleep(10); #Wait for program... bug :-)
>> > $put=fputs($soc ket, $request);
>> > sleep(10);
>> > fclose($socket) ;
>> > }
>> > ?>
>> >
>> > Now, I have tried the whole scala of \r \n \r\n \0x0a etc.. for \n but[/color][/color]
> it[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > doesn't seem to work..
>> >
>> > Anyone a bright idea???
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanx in advance,
>> > Marco
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >[/color][/color]
>
> For this kind of thing it makes much more sense for the client to poll the
> server across port 80. That way your program would still work when there's
> a
> firewall between the two.
>
>[/color]