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Accept Connection on Socket

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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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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$listenSocket = new CkSocket();

// 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 == false) {
    print $listenSocket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the next incoming connection
// Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)
$connectedSocket = new CkSocket();
$success = $listenSocket->AcceptNext(20000,$connectedSocket);
if ($success == false) {
    print $listenSocket->lastErrorText() . "\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 != true) {
    print $connectedSocket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

print 'success!' . "\n";

?>