[asterisk-users] Dialplan programming vs. AGI vs. ???

[yusuf]

Yuan LIU wrote:
>> From: "Yuan LIU" <yliu11 at hotmail.com>
>> >But I'm curious as to the approach others use. Is doing dialplan
>> >coding in an AGI more efficient, or do people just do it that way
>> >because it's easier than learning dialplan code? Or are there some
>> >things that people think they can't do any other way?
>> >
>> >So I'm just after some ideas, really, possibly to work out if it's
>> >worth my while going down the AGI route for future projects, or
>> >not!?!
>>
>>
>> Gordon,
>>
>> I haven't done half you have, so this is just based on what I have 
>> read (and tested) so far.  You are probably asking about EAL rather 
>> than AGI.  You'll need AGI only if there are functions you can't 
>> implement within Asterisk and you don't want to write a full 
>> application for Asterisk.  If you are thinking about programming 
>> flexibility, EAL could be your friend because it has "programming 
>> language like" structures so your project remain manageable.
> 
> 
> AEL, for Asterisk Extension Language, not EAL.  See ael.txt or 
> README.ael (depending on version) in doc/ directory.  Shows how little I 
> have learned about Asterisk.
> 
> Yuan Liu
> 
> 

We have chosen to do certain funtions in AGI using PHP because we do connections to mysql and some 
other stuff, and and I think you have much more control with DB-related issues with AGI then with 
normal dialplan(.conf or AEL).  However, where we dont need DB access, we only now use AEL, it 
really is awesome.


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thanks,
Yusuf