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PHP-Growl

PHP-Growl is a PHP class that makes sending Growl notifications over a network easy. The code is released under the MIT Open Source License and is hosted on Google Code here. Basically, that means you're free to use the code in any way you like - including commercial projects. The only catch is that I'm not liable for anything that goes wrong as a result of you using my code. Oh, and if you do use it, could you send me an email telling me about it? I love learning about other people using PHP-Growl.

Growl Pepper

I originally wrote this code as part of my Growl Pepper plugin for Shaun Innman's Mint stats tracking software. Anytime someone visited a page on my website the server would send a Growl notification to my computer. It's not very practical, but it is fun to see visitors on your site in real-time.

Using the code is pretty simple:

$growl = new Growl(); $growl->address = "your.ip.address";</p> <p>// Register with the remote machine. // You only need to do this once. $growl->register();</p> <p>// Send your message $growl->notify("My Alert", "New Website Visitor", "Here's the body text");

If all goes well (and you have UDP port 9887 open in your firewall settings) your Growl notification should go through.

Download the PHP-Growl source code.

View the Growl Network Protocol Format.