PHP script to dial phone number?

[RTAdams89]

My server has a voice modem attached to it. Would it be possible to use PHP so a person (on my network) could go to my website, type in a name, or number and then have the server dial that number?

[AbyssUnderground]

You would most likely have to have php load a seperate program and pass in the number to dial via a switch on the program.
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[MonkeyNation]

This pretty much tells you all you need to know.
You could use an external application too, but I can't think of any off hand.
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[aprelium]

[RTAdams89]

That looks a lot like what I want to do. I'm assuming the "5551234" is the number to be dialed. Could I replace that with a variable so the number can be changed? And with that, is there a way to have the modem hangup when another receiver on the line is picked up, or perhaps just after 7 seconds?

[aprelium]

RTAdams89,

Yes this the phone number and it can be replace by a variable using something like:

[RTAdams89]

I tried the script here: http://www.aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35746#35746 but it did not seam to do anything when i viewed the page. I changed the com port to com5 as that is my modem. Anything else I need to do?

[aprelium]

RTAdams89,

All depends on your modem configuration. If it is on COM5 then you'll have to change COM1 in the script with COM5. But apart from that, you'll probably have to track the possible error conditions/situations. The script we gave is very rudimentary. It's only to give you an idea about how you should call the modem from PHP.
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[RTAdams89]

I don't seam to be getting any errors from abyss or PHP. The script appears to run fine, it just doesnt do anything for the modem.

[aprelium]