function requestProcessor($request)
{
    echo "received request" . PHP_EOL;
    var_dump($request);
    if (!isset($request['type'])) {
        return "ERROR: unsupported message type";
    }
    switch ($request['type']) {
        /*
            case "login":
              //return doLogin($request['username'],$request['password']);
              $auth=doLogin($request['username'],$request['password']);
        	if($auth==true){
        		return array('hello'=>'world');	
        	}
        */
        //case "validate_session":
        //return doValidate($request['sessionId']);
        //in case friends this will return a list of friends from
        //the the steam user, and send it in an array to the client.
        case "showFriends":
            //echo "hello";
            //echo $request['steamid'];
            //print_r("yo");
            return showFriends($request['steamid']);
            break;
        case "showFriends2":
            //echo "hello";
            //echo $request['steamid'];
            //print_r("yo");
            return showFriends($request['steamid']);
            break;
        case "fofLoad":
            return compareGames("76561198011789036", "76561197978534933");
            break;
            //return array("returnCode" => '0', 'message'=>"Server received request and processed");
    }
    //return array("returnCode" => '0', 'message'=>"Server received request and processed");
}
function send($type, $sid, $sid2)
{
    //echo "function called";
    //echo $sid;
    $client = new rabbitMQClient("testRabbitMQ.ini", "testServer");
    /*
    if (isset($argv[1]))
    {
      $msg = $argv[1];
    }
    else
    {
      $msg = "test message";
    }
    */
    $request = array();
    $request['type'] = "{$type}";
    //echo "<br>";
    //echo $request['type'];
    ///echo "<br>";
    //echo "array created";
    $request['steamid'] = "{$sid}";
    $request['steamid2'] = "{$sid2}";
    //echo $request['steamid'];
    //$request['password'] = "******";
    //$request['message'] = $msg;
    $response = $client->send_request($request);
    //echo "request sent";
    //$response = $client->publish($request);
    $i = 0;
    $playerid = "";
    if ($type == 'showFriends') {
        //echo $response[3];
        foreach ($response as $em) {
            //echo $em;
            //echo "<br>";
            if ($i == 0) {
                //echo "<br>";
                echo "<img src={$em}>";
                echo "\r\n";
                $i++;
            } elseif ($i == 1) {
                //echo gettype($em);
                $playerid = (string) $em;
                //echo $playerid;
                $i++;
            } else {
                //print_r($playerid);
                echo "<a href= 'fofLoad.php?sid={$playerid}'>'{$em}'</a>";
                echo "<br>";
                //echo $playerid;
                $i = 0;
            }
        }
    }
    if ($type == 'showFriends2') {
        //echo $response[3];
        foreach ($response as $em) {
            //echo $em;
            //echo "<br>";
            if ($i == 0) {
                //echo "<br>";
                echo "<img src={$em}>";
                echo "\r\n";
                $i++;
            } elseif ($i == 1) {
                //echo gettype($em);
                $playerid = (string) $em;
                //echo $playerid;
                $i++;
            } else {
                //$gamecount2=compareGames("76561197978534933","76561198011789036");
                //echo $gamecount2;
                //print_r($playerid);
                echo "{$em}" . " has " . compareGames($playerid, "76561198011789036") . " games in common";
                echo "<br>";
                //echo $playerid;
                $i = 0;
            }
        }
    }
    if ($type == 'fofLoad') {
        var_dump($response);
    }
    //echo "client received response: ".PHP_EOL;
    //print_r($response);
    //echo "\n\n";
    //echo $argv[0]." END".PHP_EOL;
}