I can receive a data stream from a local software (race timing software) on port 50000 that looks like this (simply opened in a browser):
$B,95,"Quali"
$A,"10","10",1001,"Anneke","Kruettgen","",1
$A,"13","13",1002,"Claudia","Jasper-Perdieus","",1
$A,"25","25",1003,"Maren","Ruiters","",1
$COMP,"10","10",1,"Anneke","Kruettgen","","Ravenol TM Racing Team Gena"
$COMP,"13","13",1,"Claudia","Jasper-Perdieus","","Patch Pactory Honda"
$COMP,"25","25",1,"Maren","Ruiters","","Power 4 Suspension Husqvarna"
$C,1,"Damen"
$E,"TRACKNAME","Simulation"
$E,"TRACKLENGTH","2.000"
$F,0,"00:00:00","10:47:53","00:00:00"," "
$F,0,"00:00:00","10:47:54","00:00:00"," "
I need to read and analyse every line to build a live timing result on a display. The lines are not coming with the same rhythm, sometimes 3 lines at once, sometimes pause for 2 seconds.
I know how to read and receive a file or html source code from a webpage via curl (php) but I have now Idea how to read a continuous stream. There is no EOF or a size and I need to read this the whole day. The goal is to to bring live timing to a webpage.
Can someone guide me the way how to do it (read the data) or let my know another option instead of curl?
Basically I'm a classic webdeveloper using php, mysq, javascript and it would be helpfull to work with these languages if possible.
Thanks a lot!