how to write a program (not a webpage) in php?

[_andrea.l]

I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
1)How can i do that?
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message: how can
I do?

thank you in advance.
Andrea.

[Angelos]

"_andrea.l" <an******************@libero.it> wrote in message
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I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
1)How can i do that?
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message: how
can I do?

Hello andrea

WHy don't you use something else then ? Use C or JAVA ....
PHP I think is only web scripting lunguage.

Angelos

[Ewoud Dronkert]

_andrea.l wrote:

I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
http://php.net/features.commandline
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message

http://php.net/manual/en/ref.sockets.php

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[Bert Melis]

_andrea.l wrote:

I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
1)How can i do that?
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message: how can
I do?

thank you in advance.
Andrea.

I have absolutely no experience with this, but I thought it can be done
using GTK: http://gtk.php.net/

[Jerry Stuckle]

Angelos wrote:

"_andrea.l" <an******************@libero.it> wrote in message
news:%N********************@twister2.libero.it...

I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
1)How can i do that?
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message: how
can I do?

Hello andrea

WHy don't you use something else then ? Use C or JAVA ....
PHP I think is only web scripting lunguage.

Angelos

Angelos,

Not true. A PHP program can run standalone, also.

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[Jerry Stuckle]

_andrea.l wrote:

I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
1)How can i do that?
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message: how can
I do?

thank you in advance.
Andrea.

Andrea,

It's not too bad. Ewoud pointed you to the socket interface; it's as
simple as opening a socket, listening for a message, and once received,
close the socket. Loop around and do it again.

You might also want to listen for a 'special' message such as "SHUT DOWN
NOW" which tells the program to shut itself down gracefully. Otherwise
you would have to kill. Not that this *should* cause a problem - but
I'm always in favor of graceful shutdowns :-).

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[Matthew Crouch]

_andrea.l wrote:

I'd like to write a program that running all the time: just a simple
program, but written in php.
1)How can i do that?
2) I'd like that this program listens on a port to recive a message: how can
I do?

thank you in advance.
Andrea.

Start here probably

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php