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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;">Hi,
With  ESL: 

this-&gt;execute ( 'play_and_get_digits',... $var ..
$digits = $this-&gt;api_uuid_getvar ( $uuid, $var );

But the problem is that play_and_get_digits *is not blocking* so that I can't get dtmf digits 
I made a simple test by sleeping a few seconds after calling&nbsp;</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; ">play_and_get_digits </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; ">so that I was able to get digits...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; ">Is play_and_get_digits supposed to be a <div style="display: inline; height: auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: auto; ">blocking </div>blocking instruction?</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; "><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; height: auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: auto; "></div></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;">(FreeSWITCH Version 1.0.head (git-c3d6c64 2010-07-05 10-08-30 -0500))</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;">
</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; ">Thank you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; ">Paulo</span></div><div><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; "><span class="hl_identifier" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; height: auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: auto; "><span class="hl_identifier" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></div></span><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; display: inline; height: auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: auto; "><span class="hl_keyword" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold; "></span></div><br></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre; "><span class="hl_identifier" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-indent: 0px !important; display: inline; height: auto; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: auto; "><span class="hl_identifier" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></div></span></span>                                               </body>
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