# Networking: Processing Client to PHP Server
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/networking-processing-client-to-php-server/12466
**Category:** Gallery
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/networking-processing-client-to-php-server/12466 "2019-07-03T00:08:50Z")
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### Author:  [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/networking-processing-client-to-php-server/12466/1 "2019-07-03T00:08:50Z")
A very simple example of a Processing network client communicating with a PHP server.
I used the WAMP server:
> **[WampServer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/)**
>
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An “update” increments a counter (Processing) and is sent to a server( with c.write()) and stored in a file on server.
You can run the web page (reads “counter” from file) to watch the updates **or** just open the file to see current status.
Restarting the Processing sketch resets the counter on Processing and the saved counter on server.
“Updates” are sent with a mouse left button click.
A right mouse button click is required before next update; this was to control update rate so it was not every frame. Updates can be replace with a timer or as required.
“Client got end-of-stream.” message can be expected.
Server should be running otherwise a warning is displayed in draw window and console fills with:
```auto
Client SocketException: Connection reset
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
And so on...
```
This does not stop program; just start the server and it will resume normally.
Processing code:
```auto
import processing.net.*;
Client c;
String input;
int data[];
boolean flag = true;
int count = 1000000;
void setup()
{
size(500, 100);
c = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 80);
frameRate(30);
}
void draw()
{
background(255, 255, 0);
if (c.active() == false)
{
fill(0);
textSize(48);
textAlign (CENTER, CENTER);
text("Server is not active!", width/2, height/2);
c = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 80);
}
if (c.available() > 0)
{
input = c.readString();
println(input);
input = input.substring(0, input.indexOf("\n"));
data = int(split(input, ' '));
// printArray(data);
}
}
void mousePressed()
{
if (mouseButton == LEFT && flag == true && c.active())
{
count++;
writeData();
flag = false;
println(count%1000000);
println();
}
if (mouseButton == RIGHT)
flag = true;
}
void writeData()
{
c.write
(
"POST /p00/p00.php HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
"Host: 127.0.0.1\r\n" +
"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n" +
"Content-Length: 14\r\n\r\n" +
"name=" + count + "\r\n"
);
}
// index.php on server:
/*
Hello Folks!";
$a = 1000000;
$b = (int)$data;
$c = $b - $a;
print "Counter:";
print "".($c)."
";
?>
*/
//p00.php on server
/*
*/
```
I am not providing support for this code or server setup.
I had too much fun doing this and want you to share that experience.
🙂