Re: Jabber and PHP

A jabber module for PHP would be possible... but I don't think there's enough demand for it (I might be interested in putting it together but I'm completely swamped right now). You could use PHP's socket functions without much loss, I would think. --toby James Duncan wrote: > > Jabber is an XML based server (check out www.jabber.org). Currently being > used as an Instant Message Server that is totally open source and able to > communicate with the ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, Jabber (obviously) and MSN chat > networks. I'm planning on setting up my own Jabber server. However, the > really interesting part is that you can use Jabber to send any XML document. > I have plans to use it to publish data from my MySQL database, etc. > > A user sends a request from their Jabber client to my Jabber server, which > triggers my PHP script (if a PHP module existed!). The PHP script gathers > the required information from the MySQL database and converts it into Jabber > XML format (the Perl module helps do this) and passes it back to the Jabber > server that sends the data back to the requesting client. However, to do > this you need a module to access the Jabber server. One exists for Perl, > which makes communicating with the Jabber server very easy. I was hoping one > was available for PHP as well... > > Thanks > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gonzalo Vera [mailto:gvz@eucalipto.net] > Sent: 27 January 2001 16:59 > To: James Duncan > Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Jabber and PHP > > Mensaje de James; Sábado 27 de Enero de 2001, a las 10:30 AM. > > What does Jabber do? Somebody who doesn't know Jabber might know some > way to get the same functions with other solutions. > > Gonzalo. > > > Is there a Jabber module available for PHP that performs the same > functions > > as the module Net::Jabber does for Perl? > > > Thanks > > > James > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net