Re: PHP/GSM-interface

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:32:34 +0200, Norbert Mocsnik <pear-dev@mocsnik.hu> wrote: > Hello Teemu Näppi, > > I like the idea of this package. What do you think about creating two > packages: one for the communication via the serial port and this PHP/GSM > stuff which can use the services of the serial-port-package. At some time > we'll surely have a package for serial communication and it wouldn't be > good to have that package and your one with its internal functions to > communicate with the port. So if you can find the time to split it into > two packages, we'd have more benefit from it. Let's see if you have the > time for that :) > > I don't really see which category this package should reside in, > the com-part should be fine in System. > I like System_Serial and Services_GSM. > To me Services_GSM implies a web service (since the categories full name is Web Services), although I'm not sure where else to put it. > Thanks for contributing. > > Regards, > Norbert > > > > Teemu Näppi wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been writing this PHP-program as a student work. > > > > The code acts as an interface between a GSM-device such as a GSM-phone > > or a -modem and another PHP-program. The code works on Windows and Linux > > and with any kind of a GSM-device as long as it is connected to a serial > > port on the computer running the code. The serial port need not be a > > real port, also adapters (such as USB to Bluetooth -adapters which > > emulate a serial port) work and the interface could in theory be used to > > access regular modems. > > I was planning to propose this interface on PEAR but I can't find a > > suitable category for it. The code might also require a better name than > > what I've been > > > > using for it during the development. The interface is currently called > > VirtualPhone, but I feel that might be misleading as there is not really > > anything "virtual" about it. > > > > Would you check out the files (.phps and a PEAR-package file) as > > http://batman.jypoly.fi/~c1146/package/ and let me know > > what you think? > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >