Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup() -- select a newsgroup Synopsisrequire_once 'Net/NNTP/Client.php'; |
array Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup (string $newsgroup)
Description
Selects a specific newsgroup on the NNTP-server
Return value
array - If the newsgroup exists, an array
is returned:
Table 48-1. | Key | Value |
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| 'count' | Number of articles in the group | | 'first' | The first article number in the group | | 'last' | The last article number in the group | | 'group' | Groupname |
Throws
Table 48-2. Possible PEAR_Error values | Error code | Error message | Reason | Solution |
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| NULL |
Different error messages
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The messages are directly passed from the news server, in the
most cases caused by calling a non existing article
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NoteThis function can not be called
statically. ExampleExample 48-1. Using selectGroup() ...
$ret = $nntp->connect('news.php.net');
if( PEAR::isError($ret)) {
// handle error
} else {
// success
$data = $nntp->selectGroup('php.pear.dev');
// Print the count of articles
echo "Count: ", $data['last'] - $data['first'];
} |
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