Posted by Erwin Moller on 02/01/06 14:50

a wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> Is it possible to open a named pipe from a php script on Windows?
>
> More specifically, I have a Windows service that receives commands through
> a named pipe, and I'd like to open the client end of the pipe directly
> from php rather than creating an intermediate process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> A

Hi,

Yes you can.
Try FIFO or 'named pipe' search on www.php.net.

I think functions like popen and fopen could come in handy.
Read more at php.net, also some examples in there (most (l)inux-based).

Good luck,

Erwin Moller

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