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// $Id: Realtime.php,v 1.1.2.1 2004/06/25 11:46:21 heino Exp $
require_once 'Net/NNTP/Protocol.php';
require_once 'Net/NNTP/Header.php';
require_once 'Net/NNTP/Message.php';
/* NNTP Authentication modes */
define('NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL', 'original');
define('NET_NNTP_AUTHSIMPLE', 'simple');
define('NET_NNTP_AUTHGENERIC', 'generic');
* The Net_NNTP_Realtime class is a frontend class to the
* Net_NNTP_Protocol class. It does everything in realtime...
* @author Heino H. Gehlsen <heino@gehlsen.dk>
class Net_NNTP_Realtime extends Net_NNTP_Protocol
* Used for storing information about the currently selected group
var $_currentGroup = null;
function Net_NNTP_Realtime ()
parent ::Net_NNTP_Protocol ();
* Connect to the NNTP-server.
* @param optional string $host The adress of the NNTP-server to connect to.
* @param optional int $port The port to connect to.
* @return mixed (bool) true on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::authenticate()
* @see Net_NNTP::connectAuthenticated()
function connect ($host = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_HOST ,
$port = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_PORT )
return parent ::connect ($host, $port);
// {{{ connectAuthenticated()
* Connect to the NNTP-server, and authenticate using given username and password.
* @param optional string $user The username.
* @param optional string $pass The password.
* @param optional string $host The IP-address of the NNTP-server to connect to.
* @param optional int $port The port to connect to.
* @param optional string $authmode The authentication mode.
* @return mixed (bool) true on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::connect()
* @see Net_NNTP::authenticate()
function connectAuthenticated ($user = null ,
$host = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_HOST ,
$port = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_PORT ,
$authmode = NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL )
$R = $this->connect ($host, $port);
// Authenticate if username is given
$R = $this->authenticate ($user, $pass, $authmode);
* Close connection to the newsserver
* @see Net_NNTP::connect()
* Auth process (not yet standarized but used any way)
* http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/nntpext/index.html
* @param string $user The username
* @param optional string $pass The password
* @param optional string $mode The authentication mode (original, simple, generic).
* @return mixed (bool) true on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::connect()
* @see Net_NNTP::connectAuthenticated()
function authenticate ($user, $pass, $mode = NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL )
return PEAR ::throwError ('No username supplied', null );
// Use selected authentication method
return $this->cmdAuthinfo ($user, $pass);
return $this->cmdAuthinfoSimple ($user, $pass);
return $this->cmdAuthinfoGeneric ($user, $pass);
return PEAR ::throwError (" The auth mode: '$mode' is unknown" , null );
* Test whether a connection is currently open.
* @return bool true or false
* @see Net_NNTP::connect()
return parent ::isConnected ();
* @param string $newsgroup Newsgroup name
* @return mixed (array) Info about the newsgroup on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getGroups()
function selectGroup ($newsgroup)
$response_arr = $this->cmdGroup ($newsgroup);
if (PEAR ::isError ($response_arr)) {
// Store group info in the object
$this->_currentGroup = $response_arr;
* Fetches a list of all avaible newsgroups
* @return mixed (array) nested array with informations about existing newsgroups on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::selectGroup()
* @see Net_NNTP::getDescriptions()
$groups = $this->cmdList ();
if (PEAR ::isError ($groups)) {
* Fetches a list of all avaible newsgroup descriptions.
* @return mixed (array) nested array with description of existing newsgroups on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getGroups()
function getDescriptions ()
// Get group descriptions
$descriptions = $this->cmdListNewsgroups ();
if (PEAR ::isError ($descriptions)) {
* Fetch message header fields from message number $first to $last
* The format of the returned array is:
* $messages[message_id][header_name]
* @param integer $first first article to fetch
* @param integer $last last article to fetch
* @return mixed (array) nested array of message and their headers on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getOverviewFormat()
* @see Net_NNTP::getReferencesOverview()
function getOverview ($first, $last)
$overview = $this->cmdXOver ($first, $last);
if (PEAR ::isError ($overview)) {
* Returns a list of avaible headers which are send from NNTP-server to the client for every news message
* @return mixed (array) header names on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getOverview()
function getOverviewFormat ()
return $this->cmdListOverviewFmt ();
// {{{ getReferencesOverview()
* Fetch a list of each message's reference header.
* @param integer $first first article to fetch
* @param integer $last last article to fetch
* @return mixed (array) nested array of references on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getOverview()
function getReferencesOverview ($first, $last)
$overview = $this->cmdXROver ($first, $last);
if (PEAR ::isError ($overview)) {
* Post an article to a number of newsgroups.
* (Among the aditional headers you might think of adding could be:
* "NNTP-Posting-Host: <ip-of-author>", which should contain the IP-address
* of the author of the post, so the message can be traced back to him.
* Or "Organization: <org>" which contain the name of the organization
* the post originates from)
* @param string $newsgroups The newsgroup to post to.
* @param string $subject The subject of the post.
* @param string $body The body of the post itself.
* @param string $from Name + email-adress of sender.
* @param optional string $aditional Aditional headers to send.
* @return mixed (string) server response on success or (object) pear_error on failure
function post ($newsgroups, $subject, $body, $from, $aditional = '')
return $this->cmdPost ($newsgroups, $subject, $body, $from, $aditional);
* The v0.2 version of the this function (which returned the article as a string) has been renamed to getArticleRaw().
* @param mixed $article Either the message-id or the message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @return mixed (object) message object on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getArticleRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP::getHeader()
* @see Net_NNTP::getBody()
function getArticle ($article)
$message = $this->getArticleRaw ($article, false );
if (PEAR ::isError ($message)) {
* Get a article (raw data)
* @param mixed $article Either the message-id or the message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @param optional bool $implode When true the result array is imploded to a string, defaults to false.
* @return mixed (array/string) The article on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getArticle()
* @see Net_NNTP::getHeaderRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP::getBodyRaw()
function getArticleRaw ($article, $implode = false )
$data = $this->cmdArticle ($article);
if (PEAR ::isError ($data)) {
* Get the header of an article
* @param mixed $article Either the (string) message-id or the (int) message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @return mixed (object) header object on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getHeaderRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP::getArticle()
* @see Net_NNTP::getBody()
function getHeader ($article)
$header = $this->getHeaderRaw ($article, false );
if (PEAR ::isError ($header)) {
* Get the header of an article (raw data)
* @param mixed $article Either the (string) message-id or the (int) message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @param optional bool $implode When true the result array is imploded to a string, defaults to false.
* @return mixed (array/string) header fields on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getHeader()
* @see Net_NNTP::getArticleRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP::getBodyRaw()
function getHeaderRaw ($article, $implode = false )
$data = $this->cmdHead ($article);
if (PEAR ::isError ($data)) {
* Get the body of an article (raw data)
* @param mixed $article Either the message-id or the message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @param optional bool $implode When true the result array is imploded to a string, defaults to false.
* @return mixed (array/string) body on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP::getBody()
* @see Net_NNTP::getHeaderRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP::getArticleRaw()
function getBodyRaw ($article, $implode = false )
$data = $this->cmdBody ($article);
if (PEAR ::isError ($data)) {
// {{{ getGroupArticles()
function getGroupArticles ($newsgroup)
return $this->cmdListgroup ($newsgroup);
function getNewGroups ($time)
return PEAR ::throwError ('');
return $this->cmdNewgroups ($time);
function getNewNews ($time, $newsgroups = '*')
return PEAR ::throwError ('UPS...');
return $this->cmdNewnews ($time, $newsgroups);
* Get the NNTP-server's internal date
* Get the date from the newsserver format of returned date:
* @param optional int $format
* @return mixed (mixed) date on success or (object) pear_error on failure
function getDate ($format = 1 )
$date = $this->cmdDate ();
if (PEAR ::isError ($date)) {
return array ('y' => substr($date, 0 , 4 ), 'm' => substr($date, 4 , 2 ), 'd' => substr($date, 6 , 2 ));
* Number of articles in currently selected group
* @return integer number of article in group
* @see Net_NNTP::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['count'];
* Maximum article number in currently selected group
* @return integer number of last article
* @see Net_NNTP::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['last'];
* Minimum article number in currently selected group
* @return integer number of first article
* @see Net_NNTP::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['first'];
* Currently selected group
* @return string group name
* @see Net_NNTP::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['group'];
* Issue a command to the NNTP server
* @param string $cmd The command to launch, ie: "ARTICLE 1004853"
* @return mixed (int) response code on success or (object) pear_error on failure
return $this->_sendCommand ($cmd);
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