(Perl) Accept Connection on Socket

Demonstrates how to create a TCP/IP socket, listen on a port, accept an incoming connection, and send a "Hello World" message to the client.

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use chilkat();

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$listenSocket = chilkat::CkSocket->new();

# Bind to a port and listen for incoming connections:
# This example will listen at port 5555 and allows for a backlog
# of 25 pending connection requests.
$success = $listenSocket->BindAndListen(5555,25);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $listenSocket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the next incoming connection
# Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)

# connectedSocket is a Socket
$connectedSocket = $listenSocket->AcceptNextConnection(20000);
if ($listenSocket->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $listenSocket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
$connectedSocket->put_MaxReadIdleMs(10000);
$connectedSocket->put_MaxSendIdleMs(10000);

# Send a "Hello World!" message to the client:
$success = $connectedSocket->SendString("Hello World!");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $connectedSocket->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# Close the connection with the client.
# Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
$success = $connectedSocket->Close(20000);

print "success!" . "\r\n";