The ATM Simulator (People Hate Pearl!)
So, this is a proof-of-concept of ISO 8583 messaging in PHP. Everything you want to know about ISO 8583 (a complete) theory you can read at wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8583. Anyway, article below will describe you a practical thing and technical work on how to understanding PHP socket programming - which is the core of ISO 8583. In short words: creating the ATM simulator with PHP!Basically, ATM a.k.a ISO 8583 messaging using network socket to communicate between server and client. Take a look at general system activity defined below:
At first, server listening at specified address and port number, then client (for example: ATM) providing a block of ISO 8583 code to server (let say, client sending an account number). Server accepting command and parsing the code, continued to querying to backend. The result will returned back to client. Client accepting and parsing it again, and finally delivering a human-readable characters to the ATM screen.
To understand on how to developing the application, make sure that you:
- Familiar with PHP language.
- Able to use your favorite database client to create a single table.
- Know the ISO 8583 philosophy.
- Having a PC with Apache & PHP enabled, also telnet client ready will help you much further. Windows (WAMP) and Mac OS (MAMP) is a great idea!
To start to build the application, keep in mind that there's 2 sequence things to create: SOCKET COMMUNICATION and ISO 8583 INTEGRATION.
SOCKET COMMUNICATION
This is a framework, since we need to create both different server and client applications that can interact using network socket. A server is listening and responding while client is sending and accepting. This is server code, save it with svr.php and store somewhere in your web server:
<?
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ob_implicit_flush();
$address = '10.2.2.212';
$port = 1234;
$sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (socket_bind($sock, $address, $port) === false)
{
if (!socket_set_option($sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1))
{
echo socket_strerror(socket_last_error($sock));
exit;
}
}
if (socket_listen($sock, 5) === false)
{
echo "socket_listen() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($sock)) . "\n";
}
do
{
if (($msgsock = socket_accept($sock)) === false)
{
echo "socket_accept() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($sock)) . "\n";
break;
}
$msg = "\nPOC-ISO Telnet Test. \n" .
"ketik 'quit' buat keluar, cuy...\n";
socket_write($msgsock, $msg, strlen($msg));
do
{
if (false === ($buf = socket_read($msgsock, 2048)))
{
echo "socket_read() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($msgsock)) . "\n";
break 2;
}
if (!$buf = trim($buf))
{
continue;
}
if ($buf == 'quit')
{
break;
}
$talkback = 'Response Server: ' . $buf;
$talkback = $talkback . "\n";br /> socket_write($msgsock, $talkback, strlen($talkback));
//===========================================
echo "$talkback\n";
}
while (true);
socket_close($msgsock);
}
while (true);
socket_close($sock);
?>
Run svr.php code with -q parameter and try to connect to server from telnet command. What? Telnet? Yup, that's why telnet client needed in our existing article - to test the svr.php code. Look at picture below:
Send a free-string and look what the server response from telnet window or simply type 'quit' to quit. If svr.php looks fine, now you can continue to client code. Below is the client code socket core, save it with cli.php and store it to a path in your pub html web server.
<?
$host="10.2.2.212";
$port = 1234;
$message = 'HELLO 1234, apa bisa di copy ganti?';
$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) or die("Error: SOCKET\n");
$result = socket_connect($socket, $host, $port) or die("Error: JARINGAN\n");
socket_read ($socket, 2048) or die("Error: RESP\n");
$message = $message . "\n";socket_write($socket, $message, strlen($message)) or die("Error: DATA\n");
$result = socket_read($socket, 2048) or die("Error: RESP\n");
socket_write($socket, "quit", 4) or die("Error: QUIT\n");
echo $result;?>
Also, run client code cli.php with -q parameter from second terminal while svr.php still remains active in first terminal window. If the code is right, both will response the same message sent from cli.php. And finally the first thing of socket communication is done!
ISO 8583 INTEGRATION
Before we implement ISO 8583 method in both codes above, we need to define a table test which simulate the back-end storage. In my experiment, it's only a single table. Look ak the picture below:
After creating table, continue to download a PHP class named by JAK8583 from PHPClasses.org. Download it from http://www.phpclasses.org/package/5398-PHP-Generate-and-parse-ISO-8583-transaction-messages.html. This class mainly purposed for ISO 8583 builder and parser, so you need to attach both svr.php and cli.php to this class.
Meanwhile, prepare client code (cli.php) into an ATM look-a-like interface. Contains several pages start from initiation until finish transaction (index, input, resp, output and error landing page). Let say, this below is a welcome interface (index):
The rule of this simulator is simple. User typing in 10 digit account number from input page, server will validating it from database and returning back the result to the simulator screen. So, here below is the input page.
Now, let's modify cli.php with sending and catching capabilities. Note that it also containing ISO 8583 builder and parser (and client side validation) :
<?php
if ($_POST['submit'])
{
$host="10.2.2.212";
$port = 1234;
$no_rek = $_POST['no_rek'];
//===========================================
// =========== ISO-8583 BUILDER =============
//===========================================
include_once('JAK8583.class.php');
$jak = new JAK8583();
$jak->addMTI('1800');
$jak->addData(2, $no_rek);
$jak->addData(54, '000000');
$jak->addData(43, 'XXXXXXXXX');
$jak->addData(7, '000000'); $message = $jak->getISO();
$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) or die("Error: SOCKET\n");
$result = socket_connect($socket, $host, $port) or die("Error: JARINGAN\n");
socket_read ($socket, 2048) or die("Error: RESP\n");
$message = $message . "\n";
socket_write($socket, $message, strlen($message)) or die("Error: DATA\n");
$result = socket_read($socket, 2048) or die("Error: RESP\n");
socket_write($socket, "quit", 4) or die("Error: QUIT\n"); //===========================================
// =========== ISO-8583 PARSER ==============
//===========================================
//echo $result;
$jak = new JAK8583();
$jak->addISO($result);
if ($jak->getMTI()=='1810')
{
$data_element=$jak->getData();
$no_id=$data_element[2];
$nama=$data_element[43];
$nominal=$data_element[54];
$bln=$data_element[7];
if ($nama=='XXXXXXXXX')
{
header('Location: err.php');
exit;
}
}
else
{
header('Location: err.php');
exit; }
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>POC-ISO</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#0066CC">
<p align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF"><strong><font size="3">KONFIRMASI PEMBAYARAN
<br>
========================= </font></strong></font></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<form name="fInput" method="post" action="output.php">
<div align="center">
<table width="75%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="90%" rowspan="3"><div align="center">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="53%"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>ID PELANGGAN</strong></font></td>
<td width="2%"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>:</strong></font></td>
<td width="45%"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong><?=$no_id?></strong></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>NAMA</strong></font></td>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>:</strong></font></td>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong><?=$nama?></strong></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>BULAN TAGIHAN</strong></font></td>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>:</strong></font></td>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong><?=$bln?></strong></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>JUMLAH TAGIHAN</strong></font></td>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>:</strong></font></td>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong><?=$nominal?></strong></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div></td>
<td width="10%"><div align="right">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="--> BAYAR">
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right"> </div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right">
<input type="button" name="Button3" value="--> BATAL" onClick="document.location.href='input.php'">
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
<table width="75%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>RESP :</strong></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>
<br>
<?=$message?>
</strong></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>RECP :</strong></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="3"><strong>
<br><?=$result?>
</strong></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Saved it as resp.php (means response). If validation returned false - for example entering only 3 digit from input box, the screen will automatically redirecting to error page, just like picture below:
Picture above displayed after we input a wrong account number. There's no such "123" account number on database. Try to typing a correct account number and re-submit again. The response page will displayed like picture below:
Take a note at both ISO 8583 code in a red box above (RESP and RECP). RESP (response) code is ISO 8583 builder code sent from client to server. While RECP (receipt) code is parser code sent from server to client. Anyway, here's below svr.php code improvement containing connection to the database (MySQL) :
<?
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ob_implicit_flush();
$address = '10.2.2.212';
$port = 1234;
//===========================================
// DB
//===========================================
include_once('JAK8583.class.php');
ini_set('display_error',1);
define("DB_HOST", "your.db.svr.host");
define("DB_USER", "db_user_name");
define("DB_PASS", "db_passwd");define("DB_NAME", "db_name");
$link=mysql_connect(DB_HOST,DB_USER,DB_PASS);
mysql_select_db(DB_NAME);
mysql_query("SET time_zone='Asia/Jakarta'");
//===========================================
$sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (socket_bind($sock, $address, $port) === false)
{
if (!socket_set_option($sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1))
{
echo socket_strerror(socket_last_error($sock));
exit;
}
}
if (socket_listen($sock, 5) === false)
{
echo "socket_listen() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($sock)) . "\n";
}
do
{
if (($msgsock = socket_accept($sock)) === false)
{
echo "socket_accept() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($sock)) . "\n";
break;
}
$msg = "\nPOC-ISO Telnet Test. \n" .
"ketik 'quit' buat keluar, cuy...\n";
socket_write($msgsock, $msg, strlen($msg));
do
{
if (false === ($buf = socket_read($msgsock, 2048)))
{
echo "socket_read() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($msgsock)) . "\n";
break 2;
}
if (!$buf = trim($buf))
{
continue;
}
if ($buf == 'quit')
{
break;
}
$jak = new JAK8583();
$jak->addISO($buf);
if ($jak->getMTI()=='1800') // Dari Client
{
$data_element=$jak->getData();
$no_id=$data_element[2];
$perintah="select * from trx where no_id='$no_id'";
$hasil=mysql_query($perintah);
$n_data=mysql_num_rows($hasil);
$jak = new JAK8583();
$jak->addMTI('1810');
if ($n_data==1) { while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($hasil))
{
$no_id=$row["no_id"];
$nama=$row["nama"];
$bln=$row["bln"]; $nominal=$row["nominal"];
}
>
$jak->addData(2, $no_id);
$jak->addData(43, $nama);
$jak->addData(54, $nominal);
$jak->addData(7, $bln);
}
else
{
$no_id = 'ERR000';$jak->addData(2, $no_id);
$jak->addData(43, 'XXXXXXXXX');
$jak->addData(54, '000000');
$jak->addData(7, '000000');
}
}
$talkback = $jak->getISO(); $talkback = $talkback . "\n"; socket_write($msgsock, $talkback, strlen($talkback)); //===========================================
echo "$n_data|$buf|$perintah|$buf|$talkback|$no_id|$nama|$bln|$nominal\n";
}
while (true);
socket_close($msgsock);
}
while (true);
socket_close($sock);
?>
Ok, so far you can learn on how to validate input from database and returning back the result to client screen. Now you can also try to extend the functionality to create a valid payable transaction if user submit from the simulator that will simulated balance subtraction. For example, after submitted, the screen will change to greeting screen or notification which say that the transaction is over and also displaying the last balance, just like picture below :
That's it for the client simulator. Meanwhile from svr.php code above, we can monitoring the throughput of the transaction in server terminal window. The red box sign tell that validation returning false result, while green color is a valid transaction.
CONCLUSION:
Since ISO 8583 messaging interoperability involving 2 or more companies (in fact the bank and merchant eventually) in a real world, each from both programmer must deal with such formats; ISO 8583 year version, header, MTI, Data Element format, server address and port. The rest, it's a character manipulation module anyway! Have a great ISO 8583 coding and share your experience below. Thank's for ever coming here.
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