RE: [PHP4BETA] Persistent network connections?

> Hello, > I have a questionL is it possible to make persistent network connection? > Like pfsockopen()? What I would like to do is to open a connection within > one request, and use this connection on another request (so I could make > some irc/telnet gateways). I can store lots of info in shared memory, but > I am afraid the connection will be closed after the execution. Would > endless loop help? But how to use existing connection from within another > page/request? Any hints? > > Michal IMHO, you are exploring if not crossing the edges of the scope of PHP. PHP is a webscripting language, and what you want is some sort of resident deamonish gateway application. (from what I understand) What you could do, is create a deamon for your application that listens on a local unix domain socket, and then create php scripts that connect to the deamon. You could use perl for the Telnet and IRC stuff, as there are already modules for that. The deamon is resident in memory, and can maintain all variables and connections. Sander