On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 08:16:30AM -0700, jon wrote: > Nah... Maybe we're both confused. Is this a java app you wrote or one > that you found somewhere? If you know how to control the camera from > java and you know how to work in java, you could build yourself a quick > and dirty command-line java application, then feed it commands from php > using exec or something similar.
Well the whole point of the java applet was to provide a nice, drag and drop interface to move the camera around. I already have a pure php version, it just doesn't look that nice and you can't drag things around. I don't think I explained myself very well. You can see the applet here: http://tom.playford.net/control/control.html It does very little at the moment. Tom > Tom Playford wrote: > > >jon wrote: > > > >>Can you just send a command line java app commands from php? > > > > > >I'm not sure what you're getting at. > > > >Do you mean writing the Java code in the php page? I didn't know php > >could compile the code on the fly, can it? Or do you mean something else? > > > > > >Tom > > > >> > >> -- jon > >> > >>Tom Playford wrote: > >> > >>>Dear all knowing list, > >>> > >>>I am trying to control the movement of a camera in real time from the > >>>web. But I also need to make sure that only the user I specify can > >>>have control. > >>> > >>>What I though I could do was this: launch a java applet from a php > >>>page parsing the session id. Then when the user adjusts the controls > >>>on the applet, a php page is loaded by the applet, sets the user > >>>session with the session id, then sends the control details back to > >>>the server and on to the camera. > >>> > >>>I've given this a go with no luck. When I try to set the session id > >>>on the php script that the Java applet loads I get a permissions > >>>error (the perms on /tmp are fine). I'm not 100% sure I understand > >>>sessions, is my method utterly implausible? Does anyone have any > >>>better suggestions? > >>> > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Tom Playford > >>> > > > > > >. > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php