[PHP]Any way to have a direct refrence to the output of php?

[7Priest7]

I do not have direct control of the config files as I use external hosting...
Is it possible to have CONSOLE_MESSAGE or other similar variables reference the output of PHP?

My purpose of doing so would be a random bible verse displayed each round...
However I can think of many other uses for this...

Thanks for any effort made to answer,
Alex

[AI-team]

I am not quite sure whether I understood you correct but you if I did you can do it this way

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<?php
$nl = "\n":
echo "CONSOLE_MESSAGE SomeBibleVerse $nl";
?>

[7Priest7]

I am not quite sure whether I understood you correct but you if I did you can do it this way

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<?php
$nl = "\n":
echo "CONSOLE_MESSAGE SomeBibleVerse $nl";
?>

Nope...
Not what I need to know...
I know PHP very well...

My question was how to insert the echoed content into the configuration files if I don't have access, If it is even possible...

I do thank you for attempting to answer though <3

Alex

EDIT: If you are familiar with php I basically want to know if there is a arma version of file_get_contents(external url);

[AI-team]

Do you have no access at all or just no access to the config files?

[Jip]

In the config Folder of your server you can create a file "cmd". Then start your server like that:

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#!/bin/bash

main="/home/armagetron/servers/server_2/"
cmd="${main}cmd"
bin="/home/armagetron/0.2.8/bin/armagetronad-dedicated"
var="${main}var/"
cfg="${main}settings/"
log="${main}log/server_2.log"

tail -f ${cmd} | (while true; do $bin --userconfigdir $cfg --vardir $var; done) >> $log

You can send commands to the server via the cmd file. Like:

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$echo "SAY hi!" >> cmd

Then you can write a php script what parses the ladderlog.txt and do some actions and send the commands to the cmd file.

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#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
while (true) {
        $line = explode(' ', trim(fgets(STDIN, 512)), 2); // split into 2 parts
    // Every new round actions
    if ($line[0] == "NEW_ROUND")
    {
         $ret = do_something();
         send_to_cmd_file($ret);
    }
}
function send_to_cmd_file($text)
{
    //open CMD file and write commands to it.
}
?>

Then start the parser like that:

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#!/bin/bash

ladderlog="/home/armagetron/servers/server_2/var/ladderlog.txt"
cmd="/home/armagetron/servers/server_2/cmd"

tail -f -n0 -s0.01 $ladderlog | ./parser.php

When you want to parse NEW_ROUND messages, you need to set LADDERLOG_WRITE_NEW_ROUND 1 in your server config.

Look also here:
http://www.crazy-tronners.com/wiki/index.php/Ladderlog

EDIT:
you dont need a cmd file. You also can start the server and parser at the same time:

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#!/bin/bash

main="/home/armagetron/servers/server_2/"
cmd="${main}cmd"
bin="/home/armagetron/0.2.8-sty+ct/bin/armagetronad-dedicated"
parser="/home/armagetron/servers/parser/onslaught.php"
var="${main}var/"
ladderlog="${var}ladderlog.txt"
cfg="${main}settings/"
log="${main}log/server_2.log"

tail -n0 -f -s 0.01 $ladderlog | $parser | (while true; do $bin --userconfigdir $cfg --vardir $var; done) >> $log

[kyle]

it would be best to use everytime.cfg if he has access to it then each round it will spam you with bible quotes instead of introgame, NEW_ROUND comes right before start, people won't see it then

[Jip]

Yea, NEW_ROUND was only meant for example. You just can do that for every ladderlog message like PLAYER_ENTERED, DEATH_SUICIDE, GAME_TIME etc.

[7Priest7]

Right now I only have access via a web form...
The web form has a Authentication method that would be a pain to surpass via a php file...

Anyhow I emailed Luke requesting some other form of access...
So I hope he can give and then problem solved...


Well thanks all for trying to help

[kyle]

you should have ssh with same username/password/server

then you should be able to make a bot to do the scripting

[compguygene]

You would be far better served to purchase VPS service from luke-jr http://lightfoot.dashjr.org/?page=vps Although this would involve you building your own server binary, you would be able to use the PHP scripting that has been shown to you in this forum thread.