Re: Sending data to persistent process stdin

On Sat, August 5, 2006 8:08 am, Ville Mattila wrote: > I have been thinking of making a simple web-based interface to control > my media center box (running debian linux). Being a bit enthustiatic, > I > thought I could use some generic tools for playing media files and > write > the whole UI by my own. There are more than a few PHP Jukebox applications out there... Maybe see how they did it. > I found mpg123 program that can be run in "remote mode" (mpg123 -R) so > that playback can be controlled via stdin. Writing "LOAD <mp3 file>" > to > the stdin will begin output, "PAUSE" will stop it and so on. > > How could I use PHP and its process functions to send something to > stdin > of a persistent process? I would like to run mpg123 only once, > whichafter a few PHP scripts would send data and proper commands to > its > stdin. Maybe a kind of daemon process would be needed? Anyway, sending > data to a daemon can be problematic... Maybe a kind of socket wrapper? > Well - I have no experience about socket functions of PHP... http://php.net/socket should get you started on this road. > Tips and tricks are welcome, or should I just go to the local hi-tech > market and by a CD player LOL :D -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm