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thx alot i will start to work on that

wut type of socket would i use to connect to battle.net?



socket_connect(AF_INET, useast.battle.net, 0)



I tried that one but i don't think it worked...

Well, you could start by putting quotes around useast.battle.net.
Additionally, you'll need to connect on port 6112, not port 0.

PHP could not possibly be documented more thoroughly.

ok thx i will put another forum here if i need help lol

Does php have functions suited for processing binary data? Or will it mostly be a hack?

Quote from: Camel on August 24, 2003, 06:11 PM
Well if it doesnt, one could use the Winsock control. Even then, I seriously doubt that flash would be able to perform a checksum, decode a cd key, or hash anything.

If you're using controls, why not use csb?

I'm pretty sure Flash could perform checksums, decode cd keys and hash things. Mathematical algorithms shouldn't be a problem, I recall the engine being rather capable.

What I don't know is how to solve the communications with the outside world, and converting binary data to data that Flash can understand.

Quote from: Adron on August 25, 2003, 02:42 PM
Does php have functions suited for processing binary data? Or will it mostly be a hack?

At the very least it has chr() and ord() which are enough to at least get going on "number"<-->"string" conversion.
www.php.net/strings

[edit] Even better, check out pack().

I suppose, assuming that it can handle strings with the full range of char codes (especially \0) in them.

Quote from: Adron on August 25, 2003, 03:12 PM
I suppose, assuming that it can handle strings with the full range of char codes (especially \0) in them.

The only thing it can't do is output \0 to the browser.

[edit] Well, it can *do* it, but...well, try it yourself.

Quote from: Camel on August 25, 2003, 03:23 PM
The only thing it can't do is output \0 to the browser.

[edit] Well, it can *do* it, but...well, try it yourself.

Hmm, I have absolutely no experience with php. So, enlighten me, what happens?

At least in my experience, the output is treated as a null terminated string. The rest of the document just stops.

so wut type of socket would bnet run on i see theres so many diff types of sockets to use im not sure whcich one...

Bnet uses a tcp socket.


$csb = new Com('CleanSlateBotClassNameWhateverItIs');


lol, does that actually work when php is running under IIS? I have a feeling it won't work very well under linux/Apache...