Bug #1571 Updated: support for mknod(): pipe creation

ID: 1571 Updated by: jimw@php.net Reported By: vorlon@netexpress.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: UNIX PHP Version: 4.0 New Comment: posix_mkfifo() allows making named pipes. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-02-10 13:28:42] jimw@php.net refiled against 4.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1999-06-19 14:22:43] vorlon@netexpress.net Message-passing between two php3 scripts can be useful under some circumstances (example: implementation of PAM conversation functions). Making pipe creation available directly to php3 scripts on systems which support it provides a much more straightforward way to accomplish this (currently, it appears that inter-script message passing is only possible through either shared memory, or the use of an external database, both of which include unnecessary overhead compared to a pipe). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=1571&edit=1