PHP cURL - Packet Sending to Remote C# Application via TCP

[Vorspire]

Hey guys, this is my first post here

 

After a few hours of searching google for answers, I have come up empty-handed on this matter. (Whether that's due to irrelivant search terms or not I'm not sure)

 

OK, so the main question...

 

Is it entirely possible/plausible to be able to send a custom packet consisting of the following:

 

4 byte packet ID (integer 32)

X byte username (string)

X byte password (string)

 

...Using PHP-cURL?

 

If this IS possible, what would the best method be to do this and how would I be able to parse the data response from my remote C# application?

 

The reason for using cURL is that my web-host has disabled the use of sockets due to security risks (lol).

 

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To explain simply what I am trying to do;

 

I have a remote C# .NET 3.5 application (MMORPG server/emulator) fitted with a sturdy and secure Listener and Packet Handler. The response I am trying to get from my server is simply the status, like how many players are currently connected, memory usage, etc. Everything is already coded and set-up on the C# app ready for receiving my custom packet.

So all I need to do now is find a way via PHP to send the request packet to my application and retrieve/parse the resulting data.

 

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Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated and I look forward to becoming an active member of this community

 

Regards,

Vorspire

[corbin]

cURL is made for common protocols like HTTP and FTP....

 

I don't think cURL can handle custom data.  Too bad socket functions are disabled, because it would be quite easy otherwise.

[Vorspire]

Damn, that is bad...

 

If I can't get my web-host to white-list my dedicated server address for use with sockets, then I may have to impliment the HTTPListener class in my application to directly handle http requests to the remote server IP.

 

This way, I should be able to simply type my remote server IP into any browser address bar and have the web-page automatically generated upon URI request... If I can do that, then I guess it won't be so hard to simply output an XML datasheet and parse it with PHP.

 

Thanks for the input anyhow

[gizmola]

Under the circumstances, I think it's a good idea for you to implement the HTTP Listener.  It makes your server easier to work with.

[Vorspire]

Success!

 

I have successfully implimented the HTTP Listener, heading on to impliment the PHP back-end for parsing the XML datasheet.

 

Will check back here if I have any problems

 

Thanks again.