udp & fsockopen

[whofarted]

I've been able to get a script to work to get information about a specific Roger Wilco (voice chat program).

When trying to get this information I got frustrated by the port number. Everywhere I went the post given where for port number 3782. & from here it says

By default, Roger Wilco communicates with the GameSpy Master Servers on port 27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat) and port 28900 (Master Server List Request).

Now just by a stroke of luck I found a post @ their forum were someone posted something about port 32230. So I tried it & it worked! [img]images/smilies/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

Now the problem is fsockopen()'s timeout doesn't work (I've seen that posted here & in php.net bug reports). So if the channel is not up at the time someone tries to access my script it will puke all over & kill the whole page. [img]images/smilies/bawling.gif[/img]

So, my questions are.
1.) Is there a way around the timeout issue? ( I'm sure there isn't)
2.) How do people find out what port to connect to? IE: everyone/thing said connect to 3782 but it turned out, to get the info by udp, I needed port 32230.
3.) How would I find out the ip address that holds the master list for Roger wilco?
4.) If I find the answer to 3 would the udp port I need actually be 27900/28900 or something different?

TIA for any help

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[Chunks]

Yo dude...

good things come to those who wait.....

Check out this article on DevArticles it might just do the trick, it talks about sockets and ports and that sorta stuff, mentions about fsockopen() problem of not timing out and it gives a solution to that wierd issue.

http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/484

Hope this is what ya been lookin for

Chunks

[whofarted]

they must not know it but

    function control_socket_reset() { 
        if ( $this->contsock ) { 
                // Reset (or set) the timeout on our control socket 
            return True; 
        } else { 
            return False; 
        } 
    } 

wont work. If it doesn't get the connection then it "dies" times out on the line

 $this->contsock = fsockopen($this->hostname, $this->portnumb); 

it never gets past it unless the connection is made.

[Cam]

Well, I'm posting from my shiny new install Mozilla Firebird and I have to say I'm impressed

Have you had a look at the socket and stream functions? They should help a bit.

Also, maybe this function might be of assistance.

In regard to finding out the Roger Wilco master list, try download some packet scanning software a scan the packets leaving your computer. Find the ones from RW and find out where they are going.

[whofarted]

Thanks for the tips, but like I said I think it's a php problem they've yet to address.

In your link example (yes I looked at all that stuff on php.net btw) lets look at the problem again:

$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80);
if(!$fp) {
echo "Unable to open\n";
} else {
fputs($fp, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n" );
$start = time();
stream_set_timeout($fp, 2);
$res = fread($fp, 2000);
var_dump(stream_get_meta_data($fp));
fclose($fp);
print $res;
} 

creates the same problem because the code never gets past this:

$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80); 

or @ least never gets past this

if(!$fp) 

it just hangs there if it doesn't get anything.

Here's an example of my code

$fp = fsockopen("udp://" . $address, $port, $errno, $errstr, 2);

if (!$fp)
{
$error = "ERROR: Unable to connect <br />\n";
}
else
{
//do this
} 

the code will NEVER Set the error message because if it's not getting anything back it will just timeout. Note the 2. It's suppose to timeout after 2 seconds if it doesn't connect but it's not working.

OMG!

Just typing this I think I found my answer. udp is a connectionless protocal.
You never make a connection. duh! [img]images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

hmmm, so i wonder what to do if the server isn't up? [img]images/smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Is there a way to "listen" to a udp broadcast for a specific amount of time then close socket reguardless? Then I could put "any" info gathered into a variable & check to see if it's empty or not.

[M ot U]

Im glad you finally figured it out That never happens with most of my problems

[whofarted]

Well, I figured out why it's not working as expected but still have no solution to the problem.