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Asked: 2026-05-12T10:35:36+00:00

I have to build up a system which listens for requests from a GPS

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I have to build up a system which listens for requests from a GPS device which is only capable of sending UDP requests. Then I am going to analyze requests hopefully by PHP if it is possible.

I do not know where to start. What do I need? Can I make use of PHP? Would it be reliable to use PHP? Can I just adjust Apache for listening UDP requests?

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    I do not know where to start.

    You need a notion of an overall program design, and, as @karim79 pointed out, an understanding of socket programming APIs for your chosen language.

    Can I just adjust Apache for listening UDP requests?

    Do you mean the Apache httpd? The short answer is “no.”

    Use something like PEAR’s System_Daemon instead.

    The long answer is “yes, that is possible.” Particularly with modular plugins exposing the httpd‘s internals, you can do Just About Anything You Want ™ (see, for instance, mod_perl). You could beat httpd into a sort of application server for a long-running (set of?) PHP process(es) which are not themselves intrinsically HTTP-driven.

    The better answer of the two is, again, “no.” 🙂

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