Hi guys

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot, I wasnt sure where it went...

How do I go about connecting to another server?

What I would like to do is this something like this

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tsdisplay/

but in .net.

the above link is in PHP though...

I think I could do it myself but if someone would point me in the right direction - that would be great.

Thanks

hi,

perhaps it will be best if you can explain what exactly you wish to do by connecting to another server

ah ok

that is probably a good way to start :)

Teamspeak is an application which allows people (Gamers?) to communicate in game via voice.

Teamspeak has a list of rooms and users in each room on the server that a user connects to.

Someone in the PHP community developed the ability to connect to a Teamspeak server and return a list of rooms and people and then display it on a web page.

I would like to look into seeing how I could produce the same capabilities in .Net....

Does this make it a little more clearer?

Regards

hmm. there's 2 ways to go about this

1. if teamspeak has some form of web api, you can connect to those web api via webservices to get the data

2. screen scraping, using webclient or httpwebrequest and httpwebresponse you can simulate a web browser and grab the data

I agree with kwanann.  The Teamspeak application might have an api you can connect to in order for you to get the data.  If not they could have a web service exposed that you can call.

If they don't you could do screen scraping, which will be messy and isn't the first option.  If you do screen scrap data, a good program to parse the returned data is the Html Agility Pack on CodePlex.

Team Speak does have an way of connecting to the server...im not sure the proper word is API though.....

the above link has working code in PHP.....and all it does is define a connection..

perhaps like a telnet connection...

at least i have a direction i can start researching into...

hi, it will be more helpful if you can perhaps post the php snippet for us to see?

no worries

here is the entire PHP code (this was taken from source forge)

class teamspeakDisplayClass {
	
	// Removes subsequent end of line charachter from the right part of a string
	function _stripEOL($evalString) {
		$newLen = strlen($evalString);
		while (((substr($evalString, $newLen - 1, 1) == "\r")) || ((substr($evalString, $newLen - 1, 1) == "\n"))) {
			$newLen--;
		}
		return substr($evalString, 0, $newLen);
	}
	
	// Opens a connection to the teamspeak server
	function _openConnection(&$socket, $host, $port, $timeout) {
		@$socket = fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
		if ($socket and ($this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096)) == "[TS]")) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	// Closes the connection to the Teamspeak server
	function _closeConnection($socket) {
		fputs($socket, "quit\n");
		fclose($socket);
	}
	
	// Returns the part of evalString until a tab (or the end of a string) and deletes the
	// returned part from evalString (including the possible tab that follows)
	function _stripPartFromString(&$evalString) {
		$pos = strpos($evalString, "\t");
		if(is_integer($pos)) {
			$result = substr($evalString, 0, $pos);
			$evalString = substr($evalString, $pos + 1);
		} else {
			$result = $evalString;
			$evalString = "";
		}
		return $result;
	}
	
	// Removes the surrounding quotes from evalString and returns the result
	function _stripQuotes($evalString) {
		if(strpos($evalString, '"') == 0) $evalString = substr($evalString, 1, strlen($evalString) - 1);
		if(strrpos($evalString, '"') == strlen($evalString) - 1) $evalString = substr($evalString, 0, strlen($evalString) - 1);
		return $evalString;
	}
	
	// Request, read and parse the server info:
	function _getServerInfo($socket) {
		fputs($socket, "si\n");
		$result = array();
		do {
			$buffer = $this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096));
			if (($buffer != "OK") && (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) != "ERROR")) {
				$pos = strpos($buffer, '=');
				if ($pos !== False) {
					$result[substr($buffer, 0, $pos)] = substr($buffer, $pos + 1);
				}
			}
		} while (($buffer != "OK") && (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) != "ERROR") && (!feof($socket)));
		return $result;
	}
	
	function _setPlayerDisplayImage(&$playerInfo) {
		// Determine the right userpicture:
		if (($playerInfo["attribute"] & 8) == 8) { $playerImage = "away"; }
		else if (($playerInfo["attribute"] & 32) == 32) { $playerImage = "mutespeakers"; }
		else if (($playerInfo["attribute"] & 16) == 16) { $playerImage = "mutemicrophone"; }
		else if (($playerInfo["attribute"] & 1) == 1) { $playerImage = "channelcommander"; }
		else { $playerImage = "normal"; }
		$playerInfo["displayimage"] = $playerImage;
	}
	
	function _setPlayerDisplayName(&$playerInfo) {
		// Determine the player status (U = Unregistered, R = Registered, SA = Server Admin,
		// CA = Channel Admin, AO = Auto-Operator, AV = Auto-Voice, O = Operator, V = Voice)
		if (($playerInfo["userstatus"] & 4) == 4) { $playerstatus = "R"; } else { $playerstatus = 'U'; }
		if (($playerInfo["userstatus"] & 1) == 1) { $playerstatus .= " SA"; }
		if (($playerInfo["privileg"] & 1) == 1) { $playerstatus .= " CA"; }
		if (($playerInfo["privileg"] & 8) == 8) { $playerstatus .= " AO"; }
		if (($playerInfo["privileg"] & 16) == 16) { $playerstatus .= " AV"; }
		if (($playerInfo["privileg"] & 2) == 2) { $playerstatus .= " O"; }
		if (($playerInfo["privileg"] & 4) == 4) { $playerstatus .= " V"; }
		if (($playerInfo["attribute"] & 64) == 64) { $playerstatus .= " Rec"; }
		
		// Determine the player attributes to be listed behind the player status (WV = Want Voice)
		if (($playerInfo["attribute"] & 2) == 2) { $playerattributes = ' WV'; } else { $playerattributes = ''; }
		
		$playerInfo["displayname"] = $playerInfo["playername"] . " (" . $playerstatus . ")" . $playerattributes;
	}
	
	function _getPlayerList($socket) {
		// Request, read and parse the player list
		fputs($socket, "pl\n");
		$buffer = $this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096));
		$result = array();
		if (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) == "ERROR") { return $result; }
		do {
			$buffer = $this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096));
			if (($buffer != "OK") && (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) != "ERROR")) {
				$playerid = $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer);
				$result[$playerid] = array(
					"playerid" => $playerid,
					"channelid" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"receivedpackets" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"receivedbytes" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"sentpackets" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"sentbytes" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"paketlost" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer) / 100,
					"pingtime" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"totaltime" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"idletime" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"privileg" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"userstatus" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"attribute" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"ip" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"playername" => $this->_stripQuotes($this->_stripPartFromString($buffer)),
					"loginname" => $this->_stripQuotes($this->_stripPartFromString($buffer))
				);
				$this->_setPlayerDisplayImage($result[$playerid]);
				$this->_setPlayerDisplayName($result[$playerid]);
			}
		} while (($buffer != "OK") && (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) != "ERROR") && (!feof($socket)));
		return $result;
	}
	
	function _getLimitedPlayerList($socket, $channelList) {
		$playerList = $this->_getPlayerList($socket);
		$result = array();
		foreach($playerList as $playerInfo) {
			foreach($channelList as $channelInfo) {
				if ($playerInfo["channelid"] == $channelInfo["channelid"]) {
					$result[$playerInfo["playerid"]] = $playerInfo;
				}
			}
		}
		return $result;
	}
	
	function _setChannelDisplayName(&$channelInfo) {
		if ($channelInfo["parent"] != -1) {
			$channelInfo["displayname"] = $channelInfo["channelname"];
		} else {
			// Determine the channel status (U = Unregisterd, R = Registered, M = Moderated,
			// P = Passworded, S = Sub-channels, D = Default).
			if (($channelInfo["flags"] & 1) == 1) { $channelstatus = 'U'; } else { $channelstatus = 'R'; }
			if (($channelInfo["flags"] & 2) == 2) { $channelstatus .= 'M'; }
			if (($channelInfo["flags"] & 4) == 4) { $channelstatus .= 'P'; }
			if (($channelInfo["flags"] & 8) == 8) { $channelstatus .= 'S'; }
			if (($channelInfo["flags"] & 16) == 16) { $channelstatus .= 'D'; }
			$channelInfo["displayname"] = $channelInfo["channelname"] . " (" . $channelstatus . ")";
		}
	}
	
	function _getChannelList($socket) {
		// Request, read and parse the channel list
		fputs($socket, "cl\n");
		$buffer = $this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096));
		$result = array();
		if (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) == "ERROR") { return $result; }
		do {
			$buffer = $this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096));
			if (($buffer != "OK") && (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) != "ERROR")) {
				$channelid = $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer);
				$result[$channelid] = array(
					"channelid" => $channelid,
					"codec" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"parent" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"order" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"maxplayers" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"channelname" => $this->_stripQuotes($this->_stripPartFromString($buffer)),
					"flags" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"password" => $this->_stripPartFromString($buffer),
					"topic" => $this->_stripQuotes($this->_stripPartFromString($buffer))
				);
				$this->_setChannelDisplayName($result[$channelid]);
			}
		} while (($buffer != "OK") && (strtoupper(substr($buffer, 0, 5)) != "ERROR") && (!feof($socket)));
		return $result;
	}
	
	function _getLimitedChannelList($socket, $limitChannel) {
		$channelList = $this->_getChannelList($socket);
		$result = array();
		foreach($channelList as $channelInfo) {
			if ($channelInfo["parent"] == -1) {
				if ($channelInfo["channelname"] == $limitChannel) {
					$result[$channelInfo["channelid"]] = $channelInfo;
					foreach($channelList as $subChannelInfo) {
						if ($subChannelInfo["parent"] == $channelInfo["channelid"]) {
							$result[$subChannelInfo["channelid"]] = $subChannelInfo;
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return $result;
	}
	
	function _selectServer($socket, $port) {
		// Request the server to select the server which is hosted on  the port set in serverUDPPort
		fputs($socket, "sel ".$port . "\n");
		
		// Read server response on request to select a server
		return ($this->_stripEOL(fgets($socket, 4096)) == "OK");
	}
	
	// Queries the Teamspeak server
	function queryTeamspeakServerEx($settings) {
		$result = array();
		
		// Try to establish a connection to the teamspeak server
		if (! $this->_openConnection($socket, $settings["serveraddress"], $settings["serverqueryport"], 0.3)) {
			$result["queryerror"] = 1;
		} else if (! $this->_selectServer($socket, $settings["serverudpport"])) {
			$result["queryerror"] = 2;
			$this->_closeConnection($socket);
		} else {
			$result["queryerror"] = 0;
			$result["serverinfo"] = $this->_getServerInfo($socket);
			$result["channellist"] = ($settings["limitchannel"] == "") ? $this->_getChannelList($socket) : $this->_getLimitedChannelList($socket, $settings["limitchannel"]);
			$result["playerlist"] = ($settings["limitchannel"] == "") ? $this->_getPlayerList($socket) : $this->_getLimitedPlayerList($socket, $result["channellist"]);
			$this->_closeConnection($socket);
		}
		return $result;
	}
	
	function queryTeamspeakServer($serverAddress, $serverUDPPort, $serverQueryPort) {
		$settings = $this->getDefaultSettings();
		$settings["serveraddress"] = $serverAddress;
		$settings["serverudpport"] = $serverUDPPort;
		$settings["serverqueryport"] = $serverQueryPort;
		return $this->queryTeamspeakServerEx($settings);
	}
	
	function _orderAlphaGetString($string) {
		$lowerstring = strtolower($string);
		$result = "";
		for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($lowerstring); $i++) {
			if (strpos("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", substr($lowerstring, $i, 1)) !== false) {
				$result .= substr($lowerstring, $i, 1);
			}
		}
		return $result;
	}
	
	function _orderAlpha($str1, $str2) {
		return strcmp($this->_orderAlphaGetString($str1), $this->_orderAlphaGetString($str2));
	}
	
	function _compareChannel($a, $b) {
		if ($a["order"] != $b["order"]) { return ($a["order"] < $b["order"]) ? -1 : 1; }
		else { return $this->_orderAlpha($a["displayname"], $b["displayname"]); }
	}
	
	function _comparePlayer($a, $b) {
		// Determine userlevel (0 = Not server admin, 1 = Server admin)
		$userlevela = $a["userstatus"] & 1;
		$userlevelb = $b["userstatus"] & 1;
		if ($userlevela != $userlevelb) { return ($userlevela < $userlevelb) ? 1 : -1; }
		else { return $this->_orderAlpha($a["displayname"], $b["displayname"]); }
	}
	
	function sortServerInfo(&$serverInfo) {
		usort($serverInfo["channellist"], array($this, "_compareChannel"));
		usort($serverInfo["playerlist"], array($this, "_comparePlayer"));
	}
	
	function _formatTime($totaltime) {
		$hours = floor($totaltime / 3600);
		$minutes = floor(($totaltime % 3600) / 60);
		return (($hours < 10) ? "0" : "") . $hours . ":" . (($minutes < 10) ? "0" : "") . $minutes;
	}
	
	// Returns the codec name
	function _getCodecName($codec) {
		if ($codec == 0) { return "CELP 5.1 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 1) { return "CELP 6.3 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 2) { return "GSM 14.8 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 3) { return "GSM 16.4 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 4) { return "CELP Windows 5.2 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 5) { return "Speex 3.4 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 6) { return "Speex 5.2 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 7) { return "Speex 7.2 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 8) { return "Speex 9.3 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 9) { return "Speex 12.3 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 10) { return "Speex 16.3 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 11) { return "Speex 19.5 Kbit"; }
		else if ($codec == 12) { return "Speex 25.9 Kbit"; }
		else { return "Unknown (" . $codec . ")"; }
	}
	
	function getDefaultSettings() {
		$result = array();
		$result["serveraddress"] = "";
		$result["serverudpport"] = 8767;
		$result["serverqueryport"] = 51234;
		$result["limitchannel"] = "";
		$result["forbiddennicknamechars"] = "()[]{}";
		return $result;
	}
	
	// Main function (queries, sorts and displays the teamspeak serverinfo). Its code is not
	// very readable... well what shall I say about it... it was hard to write so it should
	// be hard to read >:)
	function displayTeamspeakEx($settings) {
		$serverInfo = $this->queryTeamspeakServerEx($settings);
		
		echo("<div id=\"teamspeakdisplay\">\n");
		if ($serverInfo["queryerror"] != 0) {
			$popupInfo = "Server address: " . $settings["serveraddress"] . (($settings["serverudpport"] != 8767) ? (":" . $settings["serverudpport"]): "");
			if ($serverInfo["queryerror"] == 1) {
				$popupInfo .= ", Error: could not connect to query port";
			} else {
				$popupInfo .= ", Error: no server running on port " . $settings["serverudpport"];
			}
			echo("<table><tr><td>");
			echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/teamspeak_offline.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
			echo("</td><td class=\"teamspeakserver\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
			echo("Server offline");
			echo("</td></tr></table>\n");
		} else {
			$this->sortServerInfo($serverInfo);
			
			// Generate javascript for teamspeak hyperlinks
			$jsTeamspeakId = md5($settings["serveraddress"] . ":" . $settings["serverudpport"]);
			echo("<script type=\"text/javascript\"><!--\n");
			echo("function stringOk_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "(string, forbiddenChars) {\n");
			echo("	for(var i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {\n");
			echo("		if (forbiddenChars.indexOf(string.charAt(i)) > -1) {\n");
			echo("			return false;\n");
			echo("		}\n");
			echo("	}\n");
			echo("	return true;\n");
			echo("}\n");
			echo("function enterServer_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "() {\n");
			echo("	enterSubChannel_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "(null, false, null);\n");
			echo("}\n");
			echo("function enterChannel_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "(channelName, channelPassworded) {\n");
			echo("	enterSubChannel_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "(channelName, channelPassworded, null);\n");
			echo("}\n");
			echo("function enterSubChannel_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "(channelName, channelPassworded, subChannelName) {\n");
			echo("	var serveraddress = 'teamspeak://" . $settings["serveraddress"] . ":" . $settings["serverudpport"] . "';\n");
			echo("	var nickname=window.prompt('Enter your nickname', '');\n");
			echo("	if (nickname == null) {\n");
			echo("		return;\n");
			echo("	} else if (! stringOk_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "(nickname, '" . str_replace("'", "\\'", $settings["forbiddennicknamechars"]) . "')) {\n");
			echo("		window.alert('Could not enter the teamspeak server because the nickname you entered contains one or more of these forbidden characters: " . str_replace("'", "\\'", $settings["forbiddennicknamechars"]) . "');\n");
			echo("		return;\n");
			echo("	} else if (nickname == \"\") {\n");
			echo("		window.alert('Could not enter the teamspeak server because you did not enter your nickname');\n");
			echo("		return;\n");
			echo("	}\n");
			echo("	serveraddress = serveraddress + \"/nickname=\" + escape(nickname);\n");
			if ($serverInfo["serverinfo"]["server_password"] == "1") {
				echo("	var password=window.prompt('Enter the teamspeak server password for " . $serverInfo["serverinfo"]["server_name"] . "', '');\n");
				echo("	if (password == null) {\n");
				echo("		return;\n");
				echo("	} else if (password == \"\") {\n");
				echo("		window.alert('Could not enter the teamspeak server because you did not enter a server password');\n");
				echo("		return;\n");
				echo("	}\n");
				echo("	serveraddress = serveraddress + \"?password=\" + escape(password);\n");
			}
			echo("	if (channelName != null) { serveraddress = serveraddress + \"?channel=\" + escape(channelName); }\n");
			echo("	if (channelPassworded) {\n");
			echo("		var channelpassword=window.prompt('Enter the channel password for channel ' + channelName, '');\n");
			echo("		if (channelpassword == null) {\n");
			echo("			return;\n");
			echo("		} else if (channelpassword == \"\") {\n");
			echo("			window.alert('Could not enter the teamspeak server because you did not enter a channel password');\n");
			echo("			return;\n");
			echo("		}\n");
			echo("		serveraddress = serveraddress + \"?channelpassword=\" + escape(channelpassword);\n");
			echo("	}\n");
			echo("	if (subChannelName != null) { serveraddress = serveraddress + \"?subchannel=\" + escape(subChannelName); }\n");
			echo("	window.location=serveraddress;\n");
			echo("}\n");
			echo("//--></script>\n");
			
			$popupInfo = "Server address: " . $settings["serveraddress"] . (($settings["serverudpport"] != 8767) ? (":" . $settings["serverudpport"]): "") . ", Max players: " . $serverInfo["serverinfo"]["server_maxusers"] . ", Uptime: " . $this->_formatTime($serverInfo["serverinfo"]["server_uptime"]);
			
			// Print the topmost element of the teamspeak tree
			echo("<table><tr><td>");
			echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/teamspeak_online.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
			echo("</td><td class=\"teamspeakserver\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
			echo("<a class=\"teamspeakserver\" href=\"javascript:enterServer_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "();\">");
			echo(str_replace(" ", " ", htmlspecialchars($serverInfo["serverinfo"]["server_name"])));
			echo("</a>");
			echo("</td></tr></table>\n");
			
			// Count the number of channels to be listed:
			$currentchannels = 0;
			foreach($serverInfo["channellist"] as $channelInfo) {
				if ($channelInfo["parent"] == -1) {
					$currentchannels++;
				}
			}
			
			// Initialize the channelcounter to zero
			$counter = 0;
			
			// Loop through all channels:
			foreach($serverInfo["channellist"] as $channelInfo) { if ($channelInfo["parent"] == -1) {
				
				// determine number of players in channel
				$currentplayers = 0;
				foreach($serverInfo["playerlist"] as $playerInfo) {
					if($playerInfo["channelid"] == $channelInfo["channelid"]) $currentplayers++;
				}
				
				// Count the number of channels to be listed:
				$currentplayersandsubchannels = $currentplayers;
				foreach($serverInfo["channellist"] as $subchannelInfo) {
					if ($subchannelInfo["parent"] == $channelInfo["channelid"]) {
						$currentplayersandsubchannels++;
					}
				}
				
				$popupInfo = "Max players: " . $channelInfo["maxplayers"] . ", Codec: " . $this->_getCodecName($channelInfo["codec"]);
				if ($channelInfo["topic"] != "") { $popupInfo = $popupInfo . ", Topic: " . $channelInfo["topic"]; }
				
				// Display channel:
				echo("<table><tr><td>");
				echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter + 1) == $currentchannels) ? "3" : "2") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
				echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/channel.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
				echo("</td><td class=\"teamspeakchannel\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
				echo("<a class=\"teamspeakchannel\" href=\"javascript:enterChannel_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "('" . str_replace("'", "\'", $channelInfo["channelname"]) . "', " . (($channelInfo["password"]) == "1" ? "true" : "false") . ");\">");
				echo(str_replace(" ", " ", htmlspecialchars($channelInfo["displayname"])));
				echo("</a>");
				echo("</td></tr></table>\n");
				
				// Initialize the playercounter for this channel to zero
				$counter_playerandsubchannels = 0;
				
				// Loop through all players in the current channel:
				foreach($serverInfo["playerlist"] as $playerInfo) {
					
					// Is the current player in the current channel?
					if ($playerInfo["channelid"] == $channelInfo["channelid"]) {
						
						$popupInfo = "Time online: " . $this->_formatTime($playerInfo["totaltime"]) . ", Time idle: " . $this->_formatTime($playerInfo["idletime"]) . ", Ping: " . $playerInfo["pingtime"] . "ms";
						
						// Display player:
						echo("<table><tr><td>");
						echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter + 1) == $currentchannels) ? "4" : "1") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
						echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter_playerandsubchannels + 1) == $currentplayersandsubchannels) ? "3" : "2") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
						echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/player_" . $playerInfo["displayimage"] . ".png\" alt=\"" . $playerInfo["displayimage"] . "\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
						echo("</td><td class=\"teamspeakplayer\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
						echo(str_replace(" ", " ", htmlspecialchars($playerInfo["displayname"])));
						echo("</td></tr></table>\n");
						
						// Increase the player counter:
						$counter_playerandsubchannels++;
					}
				}
				
				// Loop through all channels:
				foreach($serverInfo["channellist"] as $subchannelInfo) { if ($subchannelInfo["parent"] == $channelInfo["channelid"]) { 
					// determine number of players in channel
					$currentplayers = 0;
					foreach($serverInfo["playerlist"] as $playerInfo) {
						if($playerInfo["channelid"] == $subchannelInfo["channelid"]) $currentplayers++;
					}
					
					$popupInfo = "Max players: " . $subchannelInfo["maxplayers"] . ", Codec: " . $this->_getCodecName($subchannelInfo["codec"]);
					if ($subchannelInfo["topic"] != "") { $popupInfo = $popupInfo . ", Topic: " . $subchannelInfo["topic"]; }
					
					// Display channel:
					echo("<table><tr><td>");
					echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter + 1) == $currentchannels) ? "4" : "1") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
					echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter_playerandsubchannels + 1) == $currentplayersandsubchannels) ? "3" : "2") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
					echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/channel.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
					echo("</td><td class=\"teamspeaksubchannel\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
					echo("<a class=\"teamspeaksubchannel\" href=\"javascript:enterSubChannel_" . $jsTeamspeakId . "('" . str_replace("'", "\'", $channelInfo["channelname"]) . "', " . (($channelInfo["password"]) == "1" ? "true" : "false") . ", '" . str_replace("'", "\'", $subchannelInfo["channelname"]) . "');\">");
					echo(str_replace(" ", " ", htmlspecialchars($subchannelInfo["displayname"])));
					echo("</a>");
					echo("</td></tr></table>\n");
					
					// Initialize the playercounter for this channel to zero
					$counter_player = 0;
					
					// Loop through all players in the current channel:
					foreach($serverInfo["playerlist"] as $playerInfo) {
						
						// Is the current player in the current channel?
						if ($playerInfo["channelid"] == $subchannelInfo["channelid"]) {
							
							$popupInfo = "Time online: " . $this->_formatTime($playerInfo["totaltime"]) . ", Time idle: " . $this->_formatTime($playerInfo["idletime"]) . ", Ping: " . $playerInfo["pingtime"] . "ms";
							
							// Display player:
							echo("<table><tr><td>");
							echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter + 1) == $currentchannels) ? "4" : "1") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
							echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter_playerandsubchannels + 1) == $currentplayersandsubchannels) ? "4" : "1") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
							echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/treeimage" . ((($counter_player + 1) == $currentplayers) ? "3" : "2") . ".png\" alt=\"\">");
							echo("<img src=\"teamspeakdisplay/player_" . $playerInfo["displayimage"] . ".png\" alt=\"" . $playerInfo["displayimage"] . "\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
							echo("</td><td class=\"teamspeakplayer\" title=\"" . $popupInfo . "\">");
							echo(str_replace(" ", " ", htmlspecialchars($playerInfo["displayname"])));
							echo("</td></tr></table>\n");
							
							// Increase the player counter:
							$counter_player++;
						}
					}
					
					// Increase the channelcounter
					$counter_playerandsubchannels++;
				} }
				
				// Increase the channelcounter
				$counter++;
			} }
		}
		echo("</div>\n");
	}
	
	function displayTeamspeak($serverAddress, $serverUDPPort=8767, $serverQueryPort=51234) {
		$settings = $this->getDefaultSettings();
		$settings["serveraddress"] = $serverAddress;
		$settings["serverudpport"] = $serverUDPPort;
		$settings["serverqueryport"] = $serverQueryPort;
		$this->displayTeamspeakEx($settings);
	}
	
}

Woah, advanced

anyway you will need to look at the UDP classes http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.sockets.udpclient.aspx 

i understand the concept behind it

all it does it PHP makes a connection to the TS server, queries the server and displays as needed

i just am not sure how to or where to start with .net for connections...but i will look at the sockets!

Thanks heaps

haha well in essence yes that's what's happening.

Except since this is not really a web api, you cannot use the methods which we have previously suggested.

Since TS uses UDP connections, you will have to delve into socket programming. It is still managable although not as straightforward as web api 

ah yes....well i figured this...if the PHP community can do it...surely .Net can do it :)

and im hoping that TeamSpeak 3 will come out and it will fix that