[Freeswitch-users] mod_php needed

Mitul Limbani mitul at enterux.com
Mon Jun 15 07:38:48 PDT 2009 

Anthm,

I actually compiled ESL on PHP but wasnt able to figure out how to use  
it, too little documentation. Can any one throw more light on ESL?

Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Founder & CEO,
Enterux Solutions Pvt Ltd,
The Enterprise Linux Company(r),
http://www.enterux.com/


On 15-Jun-09, at 19:29, Anthony Minessale  
<anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you actually use ESL with the php wrapper when you tried?
> You can do all those things from outbound event socket fairly easily.
>
> That mod_php you saw, never worked it was just a stub and it didn't  
> actually ever work
> when the guy who added it totally disappeared, I removed it from tree.
>
> And you can still do event socket over localhost on the same box if  
> you so choose.
>
> If you really want a mod_php it's entirely possible but it would  
> probably cost you upwards
> of 5k in development costs.
>
>
> 2009/6/15 Christian Löschenkohl <christian.loeschenkohl at xpirio.com>
> 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 vie 
> w 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 fro 
> m 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
> >
> > xpirio
> > Telekommunikation& Service GmbH
> > Lakeside B04
> > 9020 Klagenfurt
> > Austria
> >
> > T +43 (0) 5 77 11 - 1000
> > F +43 (0) 5 77 11 - 1002
> > E christian.loeschenkohl at xpirio.com
> > <mailto:christian.loeschenkohl at xpirio.com>
> >
> >
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> Ing. Christian Löschenkohl
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>
> xpirio
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