Been testing the library for quite a while and, although it's definitely the best one out there for PHP, I'm almost getting insane with some random behaviour I've noticed mixing valid and invalid tokens.

After writing all push notifications to the socket (both valid and invalid tokens mixed up), we just wait through select_stream() for any error feedback. When the error is available (which it is, since $nChangedStreams is 1), we call _updateQueue(), which calls _readErrorMessage(), which does a fread() to the socket.

Although $nChangedStreams is indeed always 1 whenever it has to be, _readErrorMessage's fread() fails once in a while, throwing away the following warning (both in UNIX and Windows environments):

Warning: fread(): SSL: Connection reset by peer in path_to_project/ApnsPHP/Push.php on line 302 

Something is getting in the way between the select_stream() check, and the following fread(), but I'm not sure anymore which end is to blame here.

As mentioned, this only happens sometimes, not always, not never. When it doesn't, everything goes well and all valid notifications end up being sent, with its proper retries, as expected. On the other hand, when it fails, the queue is emptied, since the library considers there's no error if fread() returns nothing, and so retries are lost and execution ends (having lost the remaining pending notifications).

Am I the only one to notice this behaviour? Or is it a common issue? Advice is appreciated.

Thanks for your time.

Hi,

I am Apns for sending push notification , it is working with my dev server. Here is the url.

http://website-center.co.il/projects/mobileapps/test1.php similar code i have applied on stage server here is the url.

http://www.7eyetechnologies.com/mobileapps/test1.php

on stage I am getting connection timeout error. And here is the link of production server for the script

http://www.amigos-groups.com/mobileapps/test1.php

for it I am getting Failed to connect: 111 Connection refused

Can you please suggest what could be the possible issue.

Thanks Himanshu Ingole

Hi,

I've been searching for a long time with no success. The problem :

• APNs works correctly while there is jobs to process.
• when a bad token or another problem occurs, APNs reconnects automatically
• during the night, after two hours of inactivity, APNs acts like everything works but no notification is actually received by the phone.

I've read some similar problems on the newsgroup but with no solution. Any help would be really welcomed :)

I am using the following example code in a EC2 server

PHP info: [Sorry that I have to close my server currently]

Error shown in my page: [Sorry that I have to close my server currently]

But just dont know why it works in my MAC BOOK AIR, but not the EC2 server.

Code: (i just hide some passphrass for security concern)

Hi, If we have thousand of push to send, is it better to : Instanciate only one new apnsPHP_push() then foreach token add mesage

OR to array_chunk array of token (to split like every 500 array of token) then foreach array of 500 token instanciate a new apnsPHP_Push () , add message and send ?

_code_* // Using Autoload all classes are loaded on-demand require_once 'ApnsPHP/Autoload.php'; // get message

$query = mysql_query("select id,content from app_notifications where status=0 order by createTime desc limit 1"); list($nid,$content) = mysql_fetch_row($query); if(empty($content)){ die(); }else{

// Connect to the Apple Push Notification Service $t1 = microtime(true);

$alldts = array();

$query2 = mysql_query("select deviceToken from app_deviceTokens where appId='5' and id>1 order by id desc"); while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query2)) { $alldts[] = $row['deviceToken']; } $tknum = count($alldts)+5000;

for($i=5000;$i<$tknum;$i=$i+5000){
    $dts = array();
    $small = $i-5000;
    $query2 = mysql_query("select deviceToken from app_deviceTokens where appId='5' and id<$i and id>$small order by id desc");
    while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query2)) {
        $dts[] = $row['deviceToken'];
    }
    echo $i.'<br>';

    // Instanciate a new ApnsPHP_Push object
    $push = new ApnsPHP_Push(
        ApnsPHP_Abstract::ENVIRONMENT_PRODUCTION,
        'com.chinadaily.ChinaDaily_production.pem'
    );

    $push->setWriteInterval(0);

    $push->connect();

    foreach($dts as $key=>$deviceToken){
        // Instantiate a new Message with a single recipient
        $message = new ApnsPHP_Message($deviceToken);

        // Set a custom identifier. To get back this identifier use the getCustomIdentifier() method
        // over a ApnsPHP_Message object retrieved with the getErrors() message.
        $message->setCustomIdentifier(sprintf("Message-Badge-%03d", $key));

        // Set badge icon to "3"
        $message->setBadge($key);
        $message->setText($content);
        // Add the message to the message queue
        $push->add($message);
    }

    // Send all messages in the message queue
    $push->send();
    $push->disconnect();
}
$timestamp = time();
mysql_query("update app_notifications set pushTime='$timestamp',status=1 where id='$nid'");

}

****_LOG_ Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:20 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Disconnected. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:20 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:21 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Connected to ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:21 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: WARNING: Message ID 5841 [custom identifier: Message-Badge-5840] has 1 errors, removing from queue... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:21 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: ERROR: Unable to send message ID 5940: Internal error (0 bytes written instead of 115 bytes) (999). Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:21 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Disconnected. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:21 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:22 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Connected to ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195. Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:22 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: WARNING: Message ID 5940 [custom identifier: Message-Badge-5939] has 1 errors, removing from queue... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:23 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Disconnected. 18000ssssssssssssssssss
Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:24 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:24 +0800 ApnsPHP[32688]: INFO: Connected to ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195.

it is stopped......

I had problem on one server with messages in push, when one symbol is more than one byte. There was error xxx bytes instead of yyy bytes. It was fixed with this patch.

It is very strange, I think on another server ApnsPHP was working without patches. Can it be because of default server encoding?

I'm obj-c developer, not good in php, so I'm not very sure, that my fix is good for all cases, but I think, that mb_strlen with '8bit' is better to right counting of length in bytes. Isn't it?

Issue

The following error is thrown when trying to push notifications from a server:

ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195...
ApnsPHP[23975]: ERROR: Unable to connect to 'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195':  (0)
ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Retry to connect (1/3)...
ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195...
ApnsPHP[23975]: ERROR: Unable to connect to 'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195':  (0)
ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Retry to connect (2/3)...
ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195...
ApnsPHP[23975]: ERROR: Unable to connect to 'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195':  (0)
ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Retry to connect (3/3)...
ApnsPHP[23975]: INFO: Trying ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195...
ApnsPHP[23975]: ERROR: Unable to connect to 'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195':  (0)
<br />
<b>Fatal error</b>:  Uncaught exception 'ApnsPHP_Exception' with message 'Unable to connect to 'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195':  (0)' in /var/www/website/public_html/apn/ApnsPHP/Abstract.php:396
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/website/public_html/apn/ApnsPHP/Abstract.php(334): ApnsPHP_Abstract-&gt;_connect()
#1 /var/www/website/public_html/apn/push.php(40): ApnsPHP_Abstract-&gt;connect()
#2 {main}
  thrown in <b>/var/www/website/public_html/apn/ApnsPHP/Abstract.php</b> on line <b>396</b><br />

The issue occurs with the default test scripts coming with the library - e.g. sample_push_custom.php.

The same code and certificates are working properly when testing in local environment (OSX 10.8.3). This way all notifications are delivered properly.

Temporary solution

Uncommenting the following code in ApnsPHP/Abstract.php, line 382, makes error disappear and notifications being delivered properly:

'verify_peer' => isset($this->_sRootCertificationAuthorityFile),

Server setup

Ubuntu 12.10, PHP 5.4.6, OpenSSL installed and enabled.
Local machines: OSX 10.8.3 + MAMP, PHP 5.4.10.

Note:

Same issue dating from 2011 has been reported at SO as well:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/6913825/1520477

Let me know if you need any additional details about the server setup.

Thanks!

If mbstring is enabled and replaces strlen() by mb_strlen(), the length of the binary payload is not accurate, and does not match the number of bytes sent through the socket, resulting in an error message (77 bytes written instead of 85 bytes).

mb_strlen($binary, '8bit') is accurate but mb_strlen($binary) is not.

I am using Apns-PHP for sending push notification to IOS devices, below is the link of open source code which I have applied.

http://code.google.com/p/apns-php

It is working fine for English text messages however, for Hebrew text message sometimes its send null as text message. To overcome with it, I have applied solution suggested by the following link.

http://stackoverflow.com/a/10936493/1928421

As per the above link I have replaced my payload function with the given method, now I some text message is coming in push message but it seems like they are formatted with UTF8.

Here is the actual Hebrew text that I am passing to Apns.

"האילנית לזון זקוק לעזרה כדי לקחת מ גבעה ל ת"

And this the dictionary which is getting created by the script.

{"aps":{"alert":"\u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d6\u05d5\u05df \u05d6\u05e7\u05d5\u05e7 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8\u05d4 \u05db\u05d3\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e7\u05d7\u05ea \u05de \u05d2\u05d1\u05e2\u05d4 \u05dc \u05ea"\u05d0","badge":1,"sound":"default"},"server":{"serverId":null,"name":nu‌​ll}}

on device hand for the alert key I am receiving following text only.

"\u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d6\u05d5\u05df \u05d6\u05e7\u05d5\u05e7 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8\u05d4 \u05db\u05d3\u05d9 "

Any comment or suggestion is highly appreciated.

Apple announced a new provider API for APNs based on HTTP/2 at WWDC 2015. Currently, there is no written documentation, but it should be available in the coming weeks.

See this video starting at 20:50 for an introduction to the new API: https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2015/?id=720

With the new APIs there is no need for a separate feedback service. There will be no need to keep the existing APNS provider API as the new API applies to older devices. The video mentions some other changes, such as 4K payloads and ~100-character device tokens.

Also see the slides starting at page 98: http://devstreaming.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2015/720xwbi9nl/720/720_whats_new_in_notifications.pdf?dl=1

Do you plan to integrate the new provider API in ApnsPHP?

I am not receiving push notification on IOS device and getting below message Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:20:25 +0200 ApnsPHP[27538]: INFO: Trying tls://gateway.push.apple.com:2195... Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:20:25 +0200 ApnsPHP[27538]: INFO: Connected to tls://gateway.push.apple.com:2195. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:20:25 +0200 ApnsPHP[27538]: INFO: Sending messages queue, run #1: 1 message(s) left in queue. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:20:25 +0200 ApnsPHP[27538]: STATUS: Sending message ID 1 [custom identifier: Message-Badge-3] (1/3): 167 bytes. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:20:25 +0200 ApnsPHP[27538]: INFO: Disconnected.

Please help to resolve this issue.

Thanks

It isn't clear in the documentation for this library - is this library using the binary APNS protocol only, or does it also support the newer JSON method? The binary interface to APNS is being discontinued March 31, 2021, which is less than 2 months from the time I'm posting this. Thus if this library is binary-only, it will cease functioning in less than 2 months.

The readme news makes a somewhat cryptic announcement from 2016 that there is an alpha version supporting HTTP/2, which I presume is the new JSON protocol. Is that now merged in the main branch, or is that still a totally separate alpha? It does not sound like a drop-in replacement, at last as far as the APNS certificates go.

https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=c88acm2b

Hi, we are using PHPStan and we have lot of tests analysed by phpstan, with data providers, that looks like this:

yield [
    [
        'a' => '1',
        'b' => '0',
    ],
];

Since phpstan checks if class exists, it calls class_exists on strings and it throws exception Exception (Class name is empty) thrown while autoloading class 0.

While debugging i found out it is caused by the custom autoloader, here is minimal code to break things up:

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/duccio/apns-php/ApnsPHP/Autoload.php';

var_dump(class_exists('0'));

It would be nice to make this package use composer autoloader (classmaps) or PSR-4 as suggested in #135 ?

I can send PR migrating this repository to PSR-4 as i can do it automatically with rector - https://github.com/rectorphp/rector

From sample_push_many.php lines 45-47 a comment reads:

// To speed up the sending operations, use Zero as parameter but
// some messages may be lost.

What is the technical reason for messages getting lost?

I’m looking to speed up the performance of my sending (it’s too slow for production) and after reading a Technical Note from Apple, they suggest to avoid checking for an error response every time I write. So instead of checking every time, I’m going to do it at some interval (i.e. 25,000 sends).

Knowing this, does it make sense to have a write interval in this use case? My original thought was the write interval’s purpose was to give the fread() enough time to capture an error response. But that may not be the intention, as it could be there to prevent some sort of sending limit via the socket.

yii\base\ErrorException: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to
be a valid callback, class 'ApnsPHP_Message' does not have a method
'sound' in
/domain/vendor/bryglen/yii2-apns-gcm/Apns.php:204

any idea why the above error is throwing?