TCP/IP Socket Connect to Remote Host:Port

Demonstrates how to create a TCP/IP socket, connect to a remote host:port, and receive a "Hello World!" message.

Chilkat Module for Perl 5.8.*

Chilkat Module for Perl 5.10.*

use chilkat;

$socket = new chilkat::CkSocket();

$success = $socket->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to unlock component" . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Connect to port 5555 of localhost.
#  The string "localhost" is for testing on a single computer.
#  It would typically be replaced with an IP hostname, such
#  as "www.chilkatsoft.com".
$ssl = 0;
$maxWaitMillisec = 20000;
$success = $socket->Connect("localhost",5555,$ssl,$maxWaitMillisec);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
$socket->put_MaxReadIdleMs(10000);
$socket->put_MaxSendIdleMs(10000);

#  The server (in this example) is going to send a "Hello World!"
#  message.  Read it:

$receivedMsg = $socket->receiveString();
if ($receivedMsg eq null ) {
    print $socket->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Close the connection with the server
#  Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
$socket->Close(20000);

print $receivedMsg . "\n";