Re: fsockopen with unusual port

----- Original Message ----- From: "Analysis & Solutions" <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com> To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] fsockopen with unusual port > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 09:28:14PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 21:25, Analysis & Solutions wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to use fsockopen() with an unusual port number. It comes > > > back as Error Number 61, "Connection refused." If I change the port to > > > something normal, like 80 or 23, it works fine. What's up? > > > > > sounds like nothing is listening on that port. > > Yep. The goal is to have this script listen for connections coming > later. That's not doable with fsockopen()? Nope, fsockopen simply acts as a client, openning connections to servers. I think you want to take a look at http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.sockets.php which is a nearer what you seem to be after - the given example shows how to build a simple HTTP server, you should be able to adapt it to your needs. HTH Danny.