SFS-PHP API

Geek · Post by **Geek** » 01 Jan 2011, 14:27

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knew exactly how to use php to talk to SFS.

What I really want to do is make something like an API, where I can do things in php such as check how many users are online on my server.

Any tutorials or help would be great!

Thanks.

BigFIsh · Post by **BigFIsh** » 01 Jan 2011, 18:02

Sorry, it is not possible for php (via client side) to communicate to the server directly.

Perhaps you could write the number of online users into an external file (or a database) which can be accessible from outside.

Geek · Post by **Geek** » 01 Jan 2011, 18:09

Hey, thanks for the reply.

I see. That is a good idea. This would be best doing it server-sided extension for it I suppose?

I have seen thing such as an API that can check to see if a user is online - would this most likely be using a database/file with a list of users online in it?

Thanks for all your help.

Rutter · Post by **Rutter** » 01 Jan 2011, 18:09

PHP can't talk directly to SFS but it can talk to the Flash client. I have a tutorial that shows how to do this and how to use mySQL as well. If you're interested pm me with your email address and I'll send you a copy.