I am attempting to setup socket communication between a PHP server, that is provided to me through a hosting company that provides me with limited CPanel access to the server, and a flash application that will use XML sockets to communicate with multiple users.
I attempted following:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/php5sockets_flash8.htm
EDIT: I configured the php file to run on 127.0.0.1 and port 9998. I include a crossdomain file that allows connection to ports 1025 - 9999. I am then getting to page 5 in the tutorial where you have to run the .bat file to start the server. The server I am running on is apache so I am at a loss for what to do with this part. When I attempt to run the php file as is I get nothing on the screen the page just remains constantly looping. I removed the
‘#!/usr/bin/php -q’ from the top so I could see something on the screen and I get back:
Warning: socket_bind() [function.socket-bind]: unable to bind address [98]: Address already in use in **/home/btc217/public_html/phoenix/_testing/_socketChat/socketTut.php
**so does this mean the server is setup? I couldn’t find specifics to this error.
Previously I also tried executing the php script using exec commands which also seemed to fail to return and then I tried shell_exec but this was blocked by the servers secruity settings.
In any event I edited the swf file to use the same IP and port number but all I get is ‘not connected’. I also tried changing the
characters to \0 thinking maybe flash was hanging during the read. In any event I am having serious problems trying to setup these sockets, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
~Phoenix
