How send message on swoole (websocket extension for php) from php to browser?

Question

This file run my server

<?php

class websocket
{
    public $ws;

    public function start()
    {
        $this->ws = new swoole_websocket_server('127.0.0.1', 9502);

        $this->ws->on('open', function ($ws, $request) {
            echo "connection open: {$request->fd}\n";
        });
        $this->ws->on('message', function ($ws, $frame) {
            echo "received message: {$frame->data}\n";
            $this->ws->push($frame->fd, json_encode(["hello", "world"]));
        });
        $this->ws->on('close', function ($ws, $id) {
            $this->onClose($id);
        });

        $this->ws->start();
        $this->sendMessage(1, "asdfasdf");
    }

    public function sendMessage($id,$msg)
    {
        $this->ws->push($id, "asdf");
    }
}

I run it from cli like this:

php -r 'include("websocket.php"); $web = new websocket; $web->start();'

then I open on browser this file

<?php
include ('websocket.php');
$n = new websocket();
$n->ws->push(1, "asdf",  1,  true);

and I get this error:

127.0.0.1:51180 [500]: GET /send.php - Uncaught Error: Call to a member function push() on null in /home/ganbatte/Desktop/123/send.php:4

Why is that and how can I fix it?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '20 at 22:17

Right after instanciating the object the $ws property does not have any value yet. Yet you try to access it. It looks like you have to start it first, like this:

include ('websocket.php');
$n = new websocket();
$n->start(); // <-- add this line
$n->ws->push(1, "asdf",  1,  true);

However, given that there is a sendMessage() method as well, I guess you should probably use that, but I am not deep into swoole at all.

This looks like the docs you are looking for: Get Started with Swoole And maybe it is a good idea to read up on the systematic basics there too.

Remember that this send method sends a message "on" the websocket to the attached clients, not from the clients to the server (a client, most likely a browser, has to do that part).

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '21 at 17:13

This code snippet explains sendMessage() and push to fds in scopes

`$server->fds = [];

 $server->on('open', function (swoole_websocket_server $server, $request) 
 {
  // add fd to scope
   $server->fds[$request->fd] = true; // dummy-bool
 });



$server->on('close', function ($server, $fd) {
// delete fd from scope
unset($server->fds[$fd]);
});

$server->on('message', function (swoole_websocket_server $server, $frame) 
{
 $message = "simple test message number: " . rand(1,10000);
 // pipe the message to all 9 other workers
 for ($i=0; $i < 10; $i++) { // WORKER_NUM
 if ($i !== $server->worker_id)
 // in this case only workers (no taskworkers)
  $server->sendMessage($message, $i); 
 }
// message to all fds in this scope
testMessageSender($server, $message);
});

$server->on('pipeMessage', function($server, $src_worker_id, $data) {
  // send to your known fds in worker scope
 testMessageSender($server, $data);
});

function testMessageSender(&$server, $message){
 // use only your own scope fds
 foreach ($server->fds as $fd => $dummyBool) {
  // push to your connected clients
  $server->push($fd, $message);
  }
}`

Reference:

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How send message on swoole (websocket extension for php) from php to browser?

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