Creating a connection to a telnet server via php

[Alex]

Caling all ACARS afficianadoes!!

The flight simulator i use is FlightGear, an open source flight sim sharing many similarities and processes with Xplane.

I'm trying to create an ACARS system similar to the KACARS or XACARS.

Within Flightgear i can specify the sim to output to a telnet socket. as shown here.

I create a protocol file to output the information i want to collect from the program a snippet is here. (iits an xml file)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<PropertyList>
<generic>

 <output>
  <binary_mode>false</binary_mode>
  <var_separator> </var_separator>
  <line_separator>\n</line_separator>
  <preamble>register FlightGear</preamble>

  <chunk>
   <type>string</type>
   <format>put</format>
  </chunk>

  <chunk>
   <name>lat</name>
   <type>float</type>
   <node>/position/latitude-deg</node>
   <format>lat %f</format>
  </chunk>

  <chunk>
   <name>lon</name>
   <type>float</type>
   <node>/position/longitude-deg</node>
   <format>lon %f</format>
  </chunk>

  <chunk>
   <name>alt</name>
   <type>int</type>
   <node>/position/altitude-ft</node>
   <format>alt %d</format>
  </chunk>

  <chunk>
   <name>ground speed</name>
   <type>int</type>
   <node>/velocities/groundspeed-kt</node>
   <format>gnd %d</format>
  </chunk>

  <chunk>
   <name>heading</name>
   <type>int</type>
   <node>/orientation/heading-deg</node>
   <format>hdg %d</format>
   <factor>10</factor>
  </chunk>

I was hoping someone with better knowledge than i with PHP and creating an ACARS system would be able to assist?

It would be a great benefit to me if possible.

Cheers

Alex

[Nabeel]

You can read from a socket, I'd google search it, but not sure if this is the best way?

[Alex]

you say that your not sure this would be the best way? but is there an alternative?

[Nabeel]

you say that your not sure this would be the best way? but is there an alternative?

Write to an XML file which is then uploaded via POST. Otherwise, your clients and server need access to the same socket

[Alex]

Write to an XML file which is then uploaded via POST. Otherwise, your clients and server need access to the same socket

how would i go about doing that?