Re: Re: [PHP] Re: Oi , Portas/ Hello, Ports

On 10 Oct 2011 at 19:30, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote: > >> >> ""QI.VOLMAR QI"" <qi.volmar@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:CAB7L6ey9RKFWTMPRPE0fk3DOO5s1c5jyhpNBT5rJj0F_eB5_KA@mail.gmail.com... >>> Alguem sabe se, e como eu posso trabalhar com as portas do computador >> com >>> php no windows? >>> >>> Do someone know if, and how, I could work with Computer logical ports >> with >>> PHP on Windows? >>> >>> ex: shell_exec('cat /dev/usbmon0 | hexdump'); <- Linux >>> >> >> If you mean "use php to interrogate a port" I would think the answer is >> No. >> Computer port=client; PHP=server. > You can if the port is a server port, i.e. you're creating a daemon.. But, if > it is the client machine you wish to inspect, then as Jim mentioned, PHP is > not for you and something like java may be better suited, although I'm not > sure how much power an applet has in this area. Nothing wrong with using PHP client-side, I run plenty of PHP scripts that way. -- Cheers -- Tim