[geeklog-devtalk] PHP/CGI Question

[Tony Bibbs]

In this case I don't think there is much you can do since the web is a 
stateless environment and PHP has no concept of threading.  Only thing 
you might try the built in PHP buffering features but even then I don't 
think that would help at all.  Try #php in irc.freenode.net, some smart 
guys lurk there.  I'd be interested to hear if there is such a way to 
handle this.

--Tony

Steve Sloan wrote:


> Hey guys, hope you don't mind a slightly OT question.  I'm working on 

> a plugin  to do music distribution for my band web page.  The "fetch" 

> script is fairly simple, and just spits out the appropriate headers 

> (streaming vs. download, content type, etc.) and the dumps the song 

> data (with readfile).  At the end, I have it update per-song and 

> per-format hit counters, so I can see exactly how unpopular we are.

>

> My problem is that, if the transfer doesn't complete, the hit counters 

> still get updated.  I'd like some way to detect if the connection is 

> closed. Normally, IIRC, in CGI apps this is indicated by a closing of 

> stdout, and an error write.  My PHP script, though, behaves as if the 

> transfer completes immediately.  I've tried several other methods -- 

> passthru(), read()/write() -- and they all behave the same.  Any ideas?

>

> Thanks ...

>

> --Steve

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