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Harageth
Harageth

Reputation: 47

php - file_get_contents/fread continuous input stream

For my project I have to communicate from my (php) website to remote devices. One of the commands that I need to implement sends a continuous stream of data until it receives more input from the user.

So my question is will this be a problem if I use file_get_contents()? Or should I use fread()? My input is in the form of a string which fread() says I should use file_get_contents(), however if I use file_get_contents() will I need to put it in a loop then between packets send data to my device to stop it sending data? Will a loop close my connection and open a new one each time I call file_get_contents()?

I am also limited on the amount of data I can use per day to the point where if I use file_get_contents() and it limits on chunk the chunk size of 8KB that is 8% of my data for the day.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1090

Answers (2)

KyleWpppd
KyleWpppd

Reputation: 2030

I would use fopen and use stream_context_create

$options = array(
    'http' => array(
        'method' => 'GET',
    ),
);
$context = stream_create_context($options);
$fh = fopen($your_url, 'r', false, $context);

This will allow you to consume the stream as a file. Giving you access to any of the stuff you'd want to do with it... like parse it line by line with fgets or whatever.

Upvotes: 0

Jorge Fuentes González
Jorge Fuentes González

Reputation: 11806

Use fsockopen, fread, etc... The purpose of file_get_contents is file reading, not to send/receive data the way you want.

Upvotes: 3

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