boolean Net_NNTP::connectAuthenticated (
integer $user
= null
,
integer $pass
= null
,
string $host = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_HOST
,
integer $port = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_PORT
,
integer $authmode = NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL
)
Connect and authenticate to a specific newsserver
$user
- Username to authenticate
$pass
- Password to authenticate
$host
- Hostname of the NNTP-server
$port
- Port, where the newsserver listens
$authmode
- Type of authentication,
at the moment only
NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL
boolean
-
Returns TRUE on success,
PEAR_Error on failure.
Error code | Error message | Reason | Solution |
---|---|---|---|
NULL |
"Could not connect to NNTP-server $nntpserver"
or
"Not connected"
|
The connection couldn't be established because
|
Check for server name, the connection to the net and possible firewalls on client or server side |
since 0.3
This function can not be called statically.
Using connectauthenticated()
<?php
require_once "Net/NNTP.php";
$nntp = new Net_NNTP;
$ret = $nntp->connectAuthenticated("news.php.net");
if( PEAR::isError($ret)) {
// handle error
} else {
// success
}
?>