C# Program working with PHP server

Question

Just curious about the best way to go about this. I want to make a webpage that shows the amount of time it takes to ping all the machines on my network. I want a C# program to do the pinging and report it to the webpage. I want to be able to click "Re-ping" on the webpage and the program rerun the test. What is the best way to go about this?

The biggest issue is how to get things from the user to the C# program.

I can make the program post on the server, and the server show the user, like below.

User <----> PHP Host <---- C# Program

However how could I get data to go the other way?

PHP Host ---?-->C# Program

Am I thinking about this all wrong?

I do want the pinging and other things to be handled by a C# program as it has far more complex functionality (threading, connections, etc) than a PHP host that is interpreted as it is requested.

Is it possible that I could let the C# program return pages to users and avoid a PHP server all-togeather?

Any ideas are welcomed.

Answer 1

You have many options. If you want to avoid using a PHP server the simplest would probably be to write a simple http server similar to this. Other options include using ASP.NET with a C# backend, or a webservice, which would be accessed from the PHP script or directly by a client application.