Re: [PHP-DEV] Need help to make php3 module work on win32 From: Sascha Schumann (sascha <email protected>)
Date: 03/29/99

On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 07:01:09PM +0200, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 05:41:38PM +0200, Uwe Steinmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need some help to make the Hyperwave module, which I contributed
> > to php3, work on win32 platforms. Unfortunately I have absolutely no
> > knowledge of win32 programming.
> >
> > All I know is, that a simple script
> >
> > <? $connect = hw_connect("gehtnix.fernuni-hagen.de", 418);
> > hw_close($connect); ?>
> >
> > fails.
> >
> > The problem appears to be in open_hg_connection() in hg_comm.c.
> > On win32 the connect() system call always fails. From looking at
> > the fsock.c file, connect() seems to have different return values
> > on win32 and unix. Is that true?
> > Could a windows wizard have a quick look at line 954 in hg_comm.c
> > and tell me if this makes any sense for win32.
>
> You have to compare with != 0 instead of < 0.

Ah, no. == 0, since

RETURN VALUE
       If the connection or binding succeeds, zero is returned.
       On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

According to Internet Programming by Jamsa & Cope this is also true for
Windows. 

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          Regards,

                            Sascha Schumann | 
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