Re: Having resource variables over several scripts

Hey, actually, the key problem is that: I installed this ssh2 extension and want to connect to e.g. a server, and then, maybe on the next page, enter a command that will be executed on that server and so on. I can't connect to a server everytime (or: i COULD but I don't want to) because it takes a whole lot of time to do this. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ssh2-connect.php the connection I receive there is a resource. Maybe I'll find a way with not exiting a script... -- greetings, benni. -SDG- Jeffrey Santos wrote:

I was under the impression he was using the resource to get information then trying to pass that information... rereading it makes it seem otherwise, so sorry for the false information :-P I've never actually tried passing resources themselves among scripts so TG is most likely correct. As far as not exiting the script, that wouldn't seem very efficient and you might be better off just reaccessing the resources as needed. - Jeff -----Original Message----- From: tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com [mailto:tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 1:10 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Having resource variables over several scripts Ok, first let me disclaim that there are definitely a lot of people a lot smarter than me out there who may have figured this one out already, but as far as I know, resources like open file handles, database connection handles, objects, etc.. but especially anything that returns a resource number are not going to be carried over from one script execution to another. If I recall properly, lets say script1.php opens a file, that's resource #1, then it opens a database connection, that's resource #2, etc.. Now let's say script2.php opens a database connection first, that's resource #1 for that script, then opens another database connection, that's resource #2, now it opens a file, that's resource #3.. So the 'resource' number isn't tied to a certain type of handle (file, db connection, etc), it's based on the order of resources allocated. That's only semi-related to what you're talking about, but thought it was worth mentioning. But I believe all of these resources are freed up as soon as the script finishes executing thereby necessitating re-opening files, db connections, recreating objects, (maybe objects can be serialized, I forget) when the next script is executed. No carry-over possible. The solution? Don't exit the script. Unfortunately in an web environment you can't really keep a php script executing unless you create a php based server that your scripts connect to (doesn't have to be php based really.. just any server that listens and can keep files open for as long as they're needed). Or maybe try to consolidate your file operations, in this case, so you can do it all in one pass. Don't open a file, read one little thing, close it... re-open it.. read something else... close it.. user makes changes..

opens file again.. writes changes.. closes it.      read once and write
once..    See if you can streamline it somehow.

Just some thoughts off the top of my head. Again, maybe someone else has a better answer, but I can't see how you'd avoid opening and closing each time unless you had a back-end server type program running. -TG