How to implement RPC remote calling using PHP and Swoole

How to use PHP and Swoole to implement RPC remote call

RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is a remote calling protocol that allows applications to make function calls on different computers. RPC is often used to build distributed systems, which allows different microservices to work together.

In the world of PHP and Swoole, we can easily use RPC to make remote calls without relying too much on other third-party libraries. This article will take you through how to use PHP and Swoole to implement RPC remote calls.

1. Install Swoole

First, we need to install Swoole, a high-performance network communication engine that supports PHP. Swoole can be used to build network applications, such as web servers, RPC, SOA, etc.

You can install Swoole through the following command:

pecl install swoole

2. Write server code

Our first task is to create an RPC service, Can respond to client requests. Here we use Swoole to create a server that can listen to the client's connection request and process the data sent by the client.

First, we create a server.php file, and then use the following code to create a Swoole server:

<?php
$server = new SwooleServer('0.0.0.0', 9501, SWOOLE_PROCESS, SWOOLE_SOCK_TCP);

In this code, we create a TCP server that can listen to 0.0.0.0 :9501 address and port.

Next, we need to listen for client connection requests and create a connection for each client.

$server->on('Connect', function ($serv, $fd) {
    echo "Client {$fd} connected.
";
});

This code will be called when each client connects and can be used to handle newly connected client requests. Here, we simply output a message.

Next, we need to listen to the data sent by the client and process their requests. Here, we use JSON format to pass data.

$server->on('Receive', function ($serv, $fd, $from_id, $data) {
    $request = json_decode($data, true);
    if ($request['method'] == 'ping') {
        $response = array('success' => true, 'message' => 'pong');
    } else {
        $response = array('success' => false, 'message' => 'invalid method');
    }
    $serv->send($fd, json_encode($response));
});

This code can parse the request in JSON format, and then determine whether the request method is ping. If so, return a response named 'pong'; otherwise, return an error named 'invalid method' response.

Finally, we need to start the server and start listening for client requests.

$server->start();

3. Writing client code

Now, we have created an RPC server that can respond to client requests. Next, we need to write a simple PHP client to test whether the RPC service is working properly.

Here, we run the client script in command line mode and use PHP's built-in socket library to send requests to the server.

First, we need to create a client.php file, and then use the following code to connect to the server and send the request.

<?php
$client = stream_socket_client('tcp://127.0.0.1:9501', $errno, $errmsg, 3);
$request = array('method' => 'ping');
fwrite($client, json_encode($request));
$response = stream_get_contents($client);
echo $response . PHP_EOL;

In this code, we use the stream_socket_client function to connect to the server and send a ping request to the server. We then read the server's response and output it.

Now we can run the client script and check the console output. If all goes well, we should be able to see output like "{'success':true,'message':'pong'}".

4. Summary

In this article, we have learned how to implement RPC remote calls using PHP and Swoole. We created a simple RPC server that can handle client requests, and also wrote a simple PHP client to test whether the RPC service is working properly.

Of course, this is only a small part of a complete RPC system. You can refer to the Swoole documentation to learn more about RPC.

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