[Freeswitch-users] mod_php needed

Mon Jun 15 02:40:24 PDT 2009

hi

thank you very much for your input
i can say for me that i realy tried hard to use the event socket library,
but untill now i can't use it like i used all the agi scripts or even mod_perl now.

what i do most - in examples, if the server get's an incomming call

- find the right user for the number (not that easy because of did in austria),
   from database or file
- build the right dial string for the bridge application (here i miss all the php
   string functions most)
- unsing mod_php functions like setVariable, getVariable, answer, transfer, sleep
   (i don't see how to do this with the php esl)
- or i check if the number is part of a conferencing product and build the right
   conference setup

i think this would also be possible with lua and luasql, but i developed years with
phpagi und i'm very used to php in every kind of scripting or how-to-get-a-solution
situation (since over 10 years now).

for me in our setup it's also the highest goal to get the servers mostly independent
of each other. i think nobody of our costumers should be unreachable because a central
scripting/event server or also database server has gone away (as developers this happens
more often as we would like it to :-))

do not get me wrong, freeswitch is very powerfull and in the near future it will replace
nearly all of our asterisk servers.

in combination with php the freeswitch plattform would be heaven for me

i also thought Brian Fertig has some source written (as posted on http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_php),
in combination of the mod_python rewrite (page was last modified in june 2007).

br

On 2009-06-14 01:15, Nik Middleton wrote:
> I couldn’t agree more.  We’re working with a group that are developing a
> massive PHP based music application.  They are experts in PHP and MySQL
> but not in VOIP/Telephony.  By tuning an abstraction layer that uses PHP
> to communicate with the FS event socket, allows them to work on the
> areas they know best and not worry about the telephony side too much.
> We went the lua route, and don’t use the dial plan at all.  My view is
> to keep all db access and processing out of FS as much as possible. With
> the event socket you simply don’t need to embed anything apart from the
> essentials.
>
> We are now processing 100,000+ call setups a day (4 hours) per server
> all using php scripts to drive the application.  We may well ultimately
> use C++ instead of PHP for the event socket comms, but right now PHP
> does just fine.
>
> Regards
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
> [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Michael Collins
> *Sent:* 13 June 2009 21:57
> *To:* freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] mod_php needed
>
> Perhaps you should look at controlling calls via the FreeSWITCH event
> socket instead of from the dialplan. The nice thing about the event
> socket is that your call control can happen on a separate machine. There
> is a PHP module for the ESL (event socket library) and it would be
> relatively easy for you to get going. Here are some links to get you
> started:
>
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/PHP_Event_Socket
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Event_Socket
>
> If you absolutely MUST have call control with scripts inside of the
> dialplan then there simply is no better choice than Lua. You can learn
> Lua in a few hours, but getting mod_php finished and debugged will take
> time, money, and other resources that no one seems willing to spend.
> Here is some information to consider:
>
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_lua
>
> Come join us on IRC (#freeswitch on irc.freenode.net
> <http://irc.freenode.net>) if you want to discuss this further.
>
> -MC (IRC: mercutioviz)
>
> 2009/6/13 Christian Löschenkohl <christian.loeschenkohl at xpirio.com
> <mailto:christian.loeschenkohl at xpirio.com>>
>
> hello
>
> i am working for an austrian voip carrier.
> for a few months i work with freeswitch and it is simply great.
> it solves our needs in many places (high volume, flexible, stable).
> the only thing i really miss is the avalibilty of php as a call control
> language.
> mod_php or mod_freehp are not compiling anymore and my c++ knowledge isn't
> that good (or even there :-) ).
> i know there is perl, i also implemented some applications (conference
> system with provisioning,
> inbound call routing to our application servers, some tests as pbx), but
> what should i say -
> perl and me aren't compatible in the end.
>
> the greatest thing for us would be that mod_php comes alive again with
> the functional state
> of mod_perl
> (http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_perl_functions_and_classes).
> there is also a bounty entry about mod_php, to pay for this would also
> be an option and
> could be discussed.
>
> keep on with the excellent work and greetings from austria
>
> --
> Ing. Christian Löschenkohl
> Technische Leitung, Forschung& Entwicklung VoIP
>
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> Austria
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