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// $Id: Client.php,v 1.4.2.7 2005/05/13 20:41:27 heino Exp $
require_once 'Net/NNTP/Protocol/Client.php';
/* NNTP Authentication modes */
define('NET_NNTP_CLIENT_AUTH_ORIGINAL', 'original');
define('NET_NNTP_CLIENT_AUTH_SIMPLE', 'simple');
define('NET_NNTP_CLIENT_AUTH_GENERIC', 'generic');
* Implementation of the client side of NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)
* The Net_NNTP_Client class is a frontend class to the Net_NNTP_Protocol_Client class.
* @author Heino H. Gehlsen <heino@gehlsen.dk>
* @version $Id: Client.php,v 1.4.2.7 2005/05/13 20:41:27 heino Exp $
* @see Net_NNTP_Protocol_Client
* @since Class available since Release 0.11.0
* Used for storing information about the currently selected group
var $_currentGroup = null;
* Connect to the NNTP-server.
* @param optional string $host The adress of the NNTP-server to connect to.
* @param optional int $port The port to connect to.
* @return mixed (bool) true on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::quit()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::authenticate()
function connect($host = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_CLIENT_DEFAULT_HOST ,
$port = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_CLIENT_DEFAULT_PORT )
return parent ::connect($host, $port);
* Close connection to the newsserver
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::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 $mode The authentication mode (original, simple, generic).
* @return mixed (bool) true on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::connect()
function authenticate($user, $pass, $mode = NET_NNTP_CLIENT_AUTH_ORIGINAL )
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_Client::connect()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::quit()
* @param string $newsgroup Newsgroup name
* @return mixed (array) Info about the newsgroup on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::group()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::first()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::last()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::count()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getGroups()
$response_arr = $this->cmdGroup($newsgroup);
if (PEAR ::isError ($response_arr)) {
// Store group info in the object
$this->_currentGroup = $response_arr;
* Fetches a list of all avaible newsgroups
* @return mixed (array) nested array with informations about existing newsgroups on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getDescriptions()
if (PEAR ::isError ($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_Client::getGroups()
// Get group descriptions
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_Client::getOverviewFormat()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getReferencesOverview()
$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_Client::getOverview()
// {{{ 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_Client::getOverview()
$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 = null )
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 $article Either the message-id or the message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @return mixed (object) message object on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getArticleRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getHeader()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getBody()
if (PEAR ::isError ($message)) {
return PEAR ::throwError ('UPS...');
return PEAR ::throwError (" Class '$class' does not exist!" );
$M = new $class($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 $implode When true the result array is imploded to a string, defaults to false.
* @return mixed (array/string) The article on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getArticle()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getHeaderRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getBodyRaw()
if (PEAR ::isError ($data)) {
* Get the header of an article
* @param mixed $article Either the (string) message-id or the (int) message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @return mixed (object) header object on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getHeaderRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getArticle()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getBody()
function getHeader($article, $class, $implode)
if (PEAR ::isError ($header)) {
return PEAR ::throwError ('UPS...');
return PEAR ::throwError (" Class '$class' does not exist!" );
$H = new $class($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 $implode When true the result array is imploded to a string, defaults to false.
* @return mixed (array/string) header fields on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getHeader()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getArticleRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getBodyRaw()
if (PEAR ::isError ($data)) {
* Get the body of an article
* @param mixed $article Either the (string) message-id or the (int) message-number on the server of the article to fetch.
* @return mixed (object) body object on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getHeader()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getArticle()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getBodyRaw()
function getBody($article, $class, $implode)
if (PEAR ::isError ($body)) {
return PEAR ::throwError ('UPS...');
return PEAR ::throwError (" Class '$class' does not exist!" );
* 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 $implode When true the result array is imploded to a string, defaults to false.
* @return mixed (array/string) body on success or (object) pear_error on failure
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getBody()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getHeaderRaw()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::getArticleRaw()
if (PEAR ::isError ($data)) {
// {{{ getGroupArticles()
return PEAR ::throwError ('UPS...');
return PEAR ::throwError ('UPS...');
* Get the NNTP-server's internal date
* Get the date from the newsserver format of returned date:
* @param optional int $format
* @return mixed (mixed) date on success or (object) pear_error on failure
if (PEAR ::isError ($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_Client::group()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::first()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::last()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['count'];
* Maximum article number in currently selected group
* @return integer number of last article
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::first()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::group()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::count()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['last'];
* Minimum article number in currently selected group
* @return integer number of first article
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::last()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::group()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::count()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['first'];
* Currently selected group
* @return string group name
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::first()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::last()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::count()
* @see Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()
return $this->_currentGroup['group'];
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