[asterisk-users] HELP - Client wants to reverse Asterisk Functionality

[Steve Edwards]

> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Danny Nicholas wrote:
>
>> I?m putting Asterisk in to replace an existing IVR and that PBX system 
>> uses * to terminate number input instead of #.

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Steve Edwards wrote:

> How about an AGI executing some mix of get data, get option, stream 
> file, or wait for digit and accumulate the digits yourself.

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Danny Nicholas wrote:

> I modified the agi-test.agi that comes in the can to do just this, it 
> just doesn't terminate when the user presses * (still have to wait for 
> the timeout)

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Steve Edwards wrote:

I was thinking more like (in PHP, sorry -- my Perl skills suck):

#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php

// initialize the AGI environment
         require('phpagi.php');
         $agi = new AGI();

// extract our parameters
         $idx = 1;
         $variable = $argv[$idx++];
         $filename = $argv[$idx++];
         $max_digits = $argv[$idx++];
         $timeout = $argv[$idx++];
         $terminator = $argv[$idx++];

// play the file and get the first digit
         $dtmf = '';
         $result = $agi->get_data($filename, $timeout, 1);
         $key = $result['result'];

// loop for the remaining digits
         while   ((strlen($dtmf) < $max_digits)
         &&       ($key != $terminator))
                 {
                 $dtmf .= $key;
                 $result = $agi->wait_for_digit($timeout);
                 $key = chr($result['result']);
                 }

// set the channel variable
         $agi->set_variable($variable, $dtmf);

?>

And then, in your dialplan:

         exten = *,n,agi(read-with-terminator.php,RESPONSE,demo-congrats,10,10000,*)
         exten = *,n,verbose(1,${RESPONSE})

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