Re: Re: What lowlevel protocols are natively available in PHP?

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:09 PM, chris.<peardev@dnswatch.com> wrote: > > On Thu, August 20, 2009 6:52 am, Greg Beaver wrote: >> chris. wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> I've applied for maintainer of the currently unmaintained >>> Net_Traceroute pear package. If I'm given the opportunity to >>> be it's maintainer, I'd like to add/enable the full range of UDP, TCP, >>> GRE, and ICMP that TRACEROUTE(8) provides. I've >>> just completed a PHP traceroute utility that does just that- it can >>> manipulate (utilize) every option that TRACEROUTE(8) provides. But I >>> must use the protocols native to my system (UNIX/BSD) in order to use >>> it. As NET_Traceroute currently stands - it's broken. PHP(5) complains >>> that it doesn't make it's calls in a manner compatible with (current) >>> versions of PHP. Anyway, if given the role of maintainer of the package, >>>  I'd _really_ like to "jump start" it. But before (possibly) >>> re-inventing the wheel. I felt I should find out how much PHP already >>> provides in the way of UDP, TCP, GRE, and ICMP. >>> >>> Thank you for all your time and consideration. >>> >> >> http://php.net/fsockopen >> http://php.net/socket_create >> >> >> sockets support in php is pretty abysmal >> >> Greg >> >> > Hello Greg, and thank you for your reply. >  Yes, I had already read those when initially attempting to determine > what might already be available. If that's all there is, it appears > that I'll have a lot to do. :( > > Thanks again for your reply. > > --Chris > Hey Chris, I hope this is no set back. :-) I'm not sure if this has been shared, but generally, if you want to maintain/takeover a package, please provide some patches on the bug tracker first so "we" get an idea of who you are and what you are capable of (no offense meant :-)). So in case of Net_Traceroute please provide some patches for the features you plan (make sure to follow the CS along with other things) and open tickets on the bug tracker. One of the advantages I (personally) see is that the package is very young (alpha) which allows you to do virtually whatever you want (BC breaks, converting to PHP5, exceptions, whatever is needed). A great example of how this process works is the recent progress on Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer (see mailing list archives). Let me know if you have questions, Till