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[k2host]

Is it possible to tell PHP which IP to use for actions such as fopen() and curl()?

For example, the script is running a server with 8 ips. The script (which is run from the command line) connects to a remote server and downloads specific files. If I run a second instance of the script, it will attempt to connect to the server using the same local IP of the first instance, but the remote server only allows 1 connection per IP. Is there a way I can run multiple instances, each connecting using a different local IP?

Thanks,

Kurt

[hiryuu]

Not with those, no. If you wan to use sockets directly, there's socket_bind(). Perhaps you should use file locking, or something similar, to prevent multiple runs from hitting that code at the same time.

[PerfTuner]

Check CURLOPT_INTERFACE option in curl_setopt manual.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php