note 74573 added to function.posix-mkfifo

<?php /** * Taken from: http://www.phpdig.net/ref/rn49re1056.html **/ $fifo = '/tmp/testfifo'; if (file_exists($fifo) || $login = posix_mkfifo($fifo, 0666)) { echo "Testing FIFO:\n"; $result = cat < $fifo & echo "Hi there" > $fifo; echo "Got back '$result'\n"; } else { echo "Could not create FIFO.\n"; } ?> You will note that FIFOs are *not* asynchronous, so your script will hang until it receives something! If anyone knows how to do this, I'd really like to hear! ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 74.13.202.232 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.posix-mkfifo.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74573 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74573 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74573 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php