| Tag Link | [Net] | Category | Networking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Substitution | Source Available | No |
| Support | Preferred | Version | 7.0 |
| Change | Unchanged | Data Source | Any |
| Output Type | Net | Security | Tag |
| Implementation | LCAPI | Sets | Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0 |
[Net] is an object which represents a TCP or UDP connection to a remote host. The member tags of this object allow connections to be made to remote hosts and for listeners to be created which will respond to incoming connection attempts.
The [Net] type allow Lasso to serve as an application server for many different network protocols including SMTP, FTP, Telnet, and more. The [Net] type provides the low
<?LassoScript
Variable: 'Connection' = (Net);
$Connection->(Connect: 'www.example.com', '80');
...
$Connection->Close;
?>
No Parameters Required.
To connect to a remote server using TCP:
Use the [Net] type and its member tags to establish a TCP connection. The following example opens a blocking TCP connection to the Web server running on an example server and fetches the root document. The result will be an HTML page.
[Variable: 'myConnection' = (Net)]
[$myConnection->(SetBlocking: True)]
[$myConnection->(SetType: Net_TypeTCP)]
[Var: 'Result' = $myConnection->(Connect: 'www.example.com', 80)]
[Fail_If: $Result != Net_ConnectOK, (-1), 'TCP Error']
[Variable: 'Result' = $myConnection->(Write: 'GET /\r\n')]
[Variable: 'Output' = $myConnection->(Read: 32768)]
[$myConnection->(Close)]
[Output: $Output]
<html><head><title>HTML Document</title></head>>body> ...