Re: How to program very basic chat on PHP?

Gerhard Hoogterp wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Hello Phil, your idea is interesting. I am evaluating it because it is not > > a true 'chat' (if user doesnt load any page he will never see incoming > > msg), but your idea is the only thing I have to this time. > > But with a frame or iframe and a little javascript the reloading can be > automated.. > > gerhard Hello Gerhard, I had an idea, and would like you say to me if it is possible or not. I program little javascript, and I think there is a timer function into JS. My question is: what if some timer start every nn seconds a function to read stored msgs table? My doubt is: how to start a function in JS to read a table?. Remember PHP and Mysql are server-sided operations, while JS is cliente side op. Maybe your idea is JS start a new window embedded into iframe, and this window then would exec a PHP script to check msgs table. Is this true? Thanks Mig