Right click to dial

Thanks that looks like just what i'm after, however i'm a little confused still.

I can set the permisions up in the conf file fine but my php is a little weak, is there any where i can see some example code on how to set up a connection and run a command similar to orginate that i would need to use?

Right, seem to be making progress. I click the link on my php page and my sip phone rings, the code also passes back success, however when i pick the phone up i get the trixbox saying hello then a tone.

My code:-

$num = $_POST['DialNumber'];//200;

$ext = 200;

$num = preg_replace( "/\D/", "", $num );

if ( ! empty( $num ) )
{
echo "Dialing $num\r\n";
$num = $num;
$timeout = 10;
$asterisk_ip = "192.168.7.5";

$socket = fsockopen($asterisk_ip,"5038", $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
fputs($socket, "Action: Login\r\n");
fputs($socket, "UserName: USERNAME\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Secret: PASSWORD\r\n\r\n");

$wrets=fgets($socket,128);

echo $wrets;

fputs($socket, "Action: Originate\r\n" );
fputs($socket, "Channel: SIP/$ext\r\n" );
fputs($socket, "Exten: 9$num\r\\n" );
fputs($socket, "Context: default\r\n" );
fputs($socket, "Priority: 1\r\n" );
fputs($socket, "Async: yes\r\n\r\n" );

$wrets=fgets($socket,128);
echo $wrets;
}
else
{
echo "Unable to determine number from (" . $_REQUEST['DialNumber'] . ")\r\n";
}

Any ideas welcome

The definition of channel and extension can be a bit confusing. I still have to look at it carefully to ensure I don't mess it up in my mind. So hopefully I will describe it correctly and not get it backwards again.

You need to think of channel to be the equivalent of both the outbound trunk you want to use and the external phone number. IE SIP/myprovider/2035551212

Extension would be the local number or potentially a custom extension if you use 'Context' of the custom script.

I would be careful of the use of async. That could leave you customers answering what would appear to be a dead phone if you have not answered yet. It clearly has its purpose just be cautious.

Take a look at the O'reilly book "Asterisk, The future of telephony' it is the definitive reference on asterisk programing.

A context is a section of code in any of the extension???.conf files.

The context is the identifier that is enclsed int he brackets. The code in the context can be accessed by the context name.

There are two contexts in this example from extensions_custom.conf - One name 'custom-recordme' and the other 'app-pbdirectory-custom'

A context ends when the next one starts or the end of file is reached.

; custom-recordme,5678,1 can be used as a custom target for
; a Digital Receptionist menu or a Call Group
;[custom-recordme]
;exten => 5678,1,Wait(2)
;exten => 5678,2,Record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:gsm)
;exten => 5678,3,Wait(2)
;exten => 5678,4,Playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording)
;exten => 5678,5,Wait(2)
;exten => 5678,6,Hangup
[code]
[app-pbdirectory-custom]
exten => Hangup,1,Hangup