Re: How to program very basic chat on PHP?

An extremely basic chat would be a frame or iframe which has a meta tag refresh (or javascript refresh) of a plain HTML page every 10-20 seconds. As far as the flash stuff goes, have a look at macromedia.com or the 1000's of flash sites... I'm positive you'll find some development tools for a pre-built chat room that you can modify. I'm certain I got one of macromedia.com a few years back (flash 4 days i think). Justin on 09/09/02 12:37 PM, M (meu@meucat.com) wrote: > 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 > >