Posted by Mariano Guadagnini on 11/17/05 16:43

Reading this, a question arose me: is it possible to read a shared
memory area with php, supposing than both programs are in the same
machine? does php support ipc? that would be greatly useful.


Mariano.



James Benson wrote:

> Each has its own benefits, if on a shared server then a database would
> be the most secure I think, if its a dedicated server then tmpfs or
> just plain old files will probably be the best, it also depends on
> various other factors like, server hardware and bandwith, only you can
> select the best option for your particular setup.
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> James
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> Yaswanth Narvaneni wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I would like to know what does the community think of the best
>> architecture for server client communication and why? That is, if
>> there is a server in C++ (say a game server) and the PHP has to 'read'
>> data 'from' the server then what is the best form of communication?
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>> a) Shared Memory : Server opens the shared memory in write and the PHP
>> scripts open it in read and gets the data
>> b) TMPFS (just like shared memory): Server opens a file in tmpfs in
>> write and PHP in read
>> c) Databases: Server Updates a table in the DB and client reads from
>> the table
>> d) Files: Same as TMPFS
>>
>> Regards,
>> Yaswanth
>>
>> --
>> "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
>> In practice there is." -- Fortune Cookie
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