BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Internet Winsock View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jamie Dale Guest Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:19 am    Post subject: Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP? Hi I'm looking at using a IdHTTP server in my project to give it a web based control interface aswell as a TCP connection (for a TCP client interface). I was wondering if IdHTTP can work in conjunction with PHP, or if there is a way to get the IdHTTP server to understand the input from a form and create an output accordingly? Anyone had any experience with this? I don't want to rely on dependencies (EG, SQL servers) so a basic built-in HTTP server which can understand certain GET parameters etc would be really great. (Incase your wondering, all info is stored in a .ini file so that it can be moved from one machine to another with no installations needed). Any ideas? Jamie Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:31 am    Post subject: Re: Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP? "Jamie Dale" <j.dale (AT) turboz (DOT) net> wrote in message news:451847f7 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I'm looking at using a IdHTTP server in my project to give it a web based control interface aswell as a TCP connection (for a TCP client interface). Indy 8 is a very old version that is no longer supported. You should upgrade to the latest Indy 9 or 10 snapshot version. Quote: I was wondering if IdHTTP can work in conjunction with PHP PHP is an external application that your server code would have to execute. Indy (and HTTP in general) has no concept of PHP. Your server would forward the client's submitted data to the PHP executable, and then forward the PHP output back to the client. Quote: or if there is a way to get the IdHTTP server to understand the input from a form and create an output accordingly? I cannot speak for Indy 8, but in Indy 9/10, the submitted form values are provided to your server code in a readibly avalable manner that your code can use directly, and then send data back to the client. Quote: I don't want to rely on dependencies (EG, SQL servers) so a basic built-in HTTP server which can understand certain GET parameters etc would be really great. Then you would not be able to use PHP, as that is a separate executable that would have to be installed on the server machine alongside your own application. Gambit Back to top Jamie Dale Guest Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP? "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.com> wrote in message news:4518596e$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: "Jamie Dale" <j.dale (AT) turboz (DOT) net> wrote in message news:451847f7 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... I'm looking at using a IdHTTP server in my project to give it a web based control interface aswell as a TCP connection (for a TCP client interface). Indy 8 is a very old version that is no longer supported. You should upgrade to the latest Indy 9 or 10 snapshot version. Yes I know lol. Trouble is after the greif I had with Delphi 2005/Indy 10/ASP.NET it kind of put me right off. That and I've also seen numerous bugs being reported on these newsgroups for the latest versions - I feel quite lucky with V8 because it actually works and doesn't seem to be buggy. I may be wrong but heck it does the job for me! Quote: I was wondering if IdHTTP can work in conjunction with PHP PHP is an external application that your server code would have to execute. Indy (and HTTP in general) has no concept of PHP. Your server would forward the client's submitted data to the PHP executable, and then forward the PHP output back to the client. Yes I realise that, but what I was asking is, is there a way to make the IdHTTP server recognise what it should pass to PHP? - How can it be done? etc. Basically I was kind of looking for any sample code which would give me the first step on the ladder. Quote: or if there is a way to get the IdHTTP server to understand the input from a form and create an output accordingly? I cannot speak for Indy 8, but in Indy 9/10, the submitted form values are provided to your server code in a readibly avalable manner that your code can use directly, and then send data back to the client. Cool. I'll have a tinker with the Indy 8 docs and see what else I can locate (if anything). Quote: I don't want to rely on dependencies (EG, SQL servers) so a basic built-in HTTP server which can understand certain GET parameters etc would be really great. Then you would not be able to use PHP, as that is a separate executable that would have to be installed on the server machine alongside your own application. Well in ordinary circumstances, however I currently have a WAMP setup (Windows Apache, MySQL, PHP) and it can be moved to any PC without installation, run of USB drive etc. IT shouldn't be too hard to get PHP working as it isn't even a service - it's simply called when needed. I reckon using PHP is possible as long as I can somehow get IdHTTP to do it's part! Any more ideas Remy?? Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP? "Jamie Dale" <j.dale (AT) turboz (DOT) net> wrote in message news:4519043e (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Yes I realise that, but what I was asking is, is there a way to make the IdHTTP server recognise what it should pass to PHP? Like I said, I cannot speak for Indy 8, but in Indy 9/10, yes. The posted values are provided to your server code. Or, what you generally would do instead is recognize that the request is trying to execute a PHP script, so you would then forward the raw posted data as-is to the PHP executable instead. When you run the PHP executable, you would have to redirect its STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR pipes. CreateProcess() and CreatePipe() can help you with that, and there are lenty on examples online to demonstrate that. You would then write the posted data to the PHP's STDIN pipe, and then pass back to the client any data that you read from the STDOUT and STDERR pipes. Gambit Back to top Jamie Dale Guest Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP? "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.com> wrote in message news:451962b7$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: "Jamie Dale" <j.dale (AT) turboz (DOT) net> wrote in message news:4519043e (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Yes I realise that, but what I was asking is, is there a way to make the IdHTTP server recognise what it should pass to PHP? Like I said, I cannot speak for Indy 8, but in Indy 9/10, yes. The posted values are provided to your server code. Yep, found that in Indy 8 - Accessed as: RequestInfo.Params EG For I := 0 to RequestInfo.Params.Count -1 do begin lbLog.Items.Add(RequestInfo.Params.Strings[I]); //lbLog is a TListBox end; I don't know how you access them in 9/10 but thats how I found it could be done in V8 (acessing each parameter one by one). Quote: Or, what you generally would do instead is recognize that the request is trying to execute a PHP script, so you would then forward the raw posted data as-is to the PHP executable instead. When you run the PHP executable, you would have to redirect its STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR pipes. CreateProcess() and CreatePipe() can help you with that, and there are lenty on examples online to demonstrate that. You would then write the posted data to the PHP's STDIN pipe, and then pass back to the client any data that you read from the STDOUT and STDERR pipes. Ah! - That sounds like the info I needed! - Thanks Remy I'll google these ideas now and see what I can do! Thanks pal! J Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:27 am    Post subject: Re: Indy 8: HTTP server - Can it be used with PHP? "Jamie Dale" <j.dale (AT) turboz (DOT) net> wrote in message news:45196680 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I don't know how you access them in 9/10 but thats how I found it could be done in V8 (acessing each parameter one by one). It is the same in Indy 9 and 10. 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