Access NodeJS / Socket.io over PHP and cURL

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I'm running a nodejs / socket.io (v 0.7) server to push data to web clients. That works greatly.

To extend the application, I need to trigger / influence socket.io over php. I know a solution that works with cURL over http with the nodejs http server.

One possible solution is to run the socket.io server and the nodejs http server in one an the same app.js. The clients connect and communicate with socket.io, and the only allowed connection to the "seperate" http server (listening on another port than socket.io, of course) is from 127.0.0.1 respectively from the php server over cURL.

Because the both servers are in the same scope, the http server can trigger events on the socket.io server.

My Question: doest that make any sense? Is there a cleaner solution to trigger events on socket.io from PHP?

Paul Sonier · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03 21:29:24Z

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I think that's a reasonable and straightforward way to go; it seems like caution would be advised for dealing with order of execution, but that's probably just my uncertainty with node showing.

answered Aug 3, 2011 at 21:29

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Alfred · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03 22:48:47Z

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I am writing a solution which I think looks a lot like pusher API. It utilizes room(channel) concept. From a route via express I can curl(via PHP) to send messages to room(channel).

io.sockets.in('your room').json.send('your json');

I'd like to open-source that project in the future(hopefully within a week), but hopefully you get the picture.

answered Aug 3, 2011 at 22:48

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helix Over a year ago

Hi Alfred, don't know if that's what im lookin for. Anyway, if you have something great and opensource, don't forget to post the link here when you're done!

EsTeGe Over a year ago

Have you ever published your solution? I'm very interested in this.

Alfred Over a year ago

@EsTeGe I regressed :$, but I would like to continue work on it.

EsTeGe Over a year ago

Maybe you can create a github repo for it so that the community can help you with it.

Alfred Over a year ago

I was thinking about that :). I will try and post something on github really soon.

plusmancn · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-04 12:22:11Z

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socket.io with version greater than 1.3.3 (may be older)，you can trigger a emit event as below

//send broadcast message to all connecting clients
io.emit([message event],[your message body obj or str]);

// send to specific user
io.to([your room]).emit([message event], [your message body obj or str]);

answered Feb 4, 2015 at 12:22

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