Yes, the phpinfo() shows that sockets are enabled in both machines. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Bastien Koert <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM, crrrrrrr errrrrrr <r.suyash@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was trying to create a socket connection from a Solaris machine to a > Red > > Hat machine to get the PATH in Red Hat machine remotely on Solaris > machine > > and display it to the user. > > > > We have a PHP 5.1.6 installation on a Linux server (Apache) and PHP > 5.2.6. > > on a Unix(Solaris) server(Apache) . The PHP version on Solaris is > compiled > > with --enable sockets and phpinfo() displays that the sockets are > enabled. > > In spite of this we get the following error when using this piece of code > > from the Solaris machine. > > > > > > The error: > > > > PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function socket_create() in /XXX/ > > 5server.php< > http://cad.njit.edu/u/d/x/dx8/public_html/clunk/swsearch5server.php> > > on > > line 21 > > > > The code; > > > > <?php > > > > set_time_limit(0); > > > > //ip of the server > > $addr = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'; > > > > //port of the server > > $port = 2xxx; > > > > //create a socket > > $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP); /* This is line no > 21 > > in the code. i have ommitted a few header comments */ > > > > //bind this socket with the above ip and port > > $ret = socket_bind($sock, $addr, $port); > > > > do { > > $ret = socket_listen($sock, 10); > > $msgSock = socket_accept($sock); > > $buf = socket_read($msgSock, 1024); > > > > > > Please let me know if you need any further details I might have missed. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Suyash Ramineni > > > > > check phpinfo() to see if the sockets have been activated in the ini file. > -- > > Bastien > > Cat, the other other white meat >