Create ejabberd user from PHP

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I need to create an ejabberd user from a PHP script. I also need to be able to add the new user to a predefined shared roster. Should I just call `ejabberdctl` using `exec()` or is there a better way?

Accepted Answer

ejabberdctl is by far the easiest in this specific case. The other options are:

Implement a full client XMPP in PHP (!)

Implement a module in Erlang that proxies the requests: the PHP<-->Erlang communication would need to be through a socket and lots of marshaling would be involved (!)

Create ejabberd user from PHP

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