Re: web based chat app

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:56 AM, paragasu <paragasu@gmail.com> wrote: > > > im thinking you probly dont need a database unless you want to preserve > chat history. > i don't think chat history is necessary. but i need to keep some of the > user chat session > right? well it should be better performing; however, if a session goes down then the conversation is pretty much toast; or at least half toast. id probly stick it in memory or on a local filesystem.. hmm. im starting to see where sqlite could come in handy. >hmm; well you need to make the client side smart.. like dont actually fire > off an http request >as often if the last 3 queries all resulted in no new > message. > i did ask google. one way is to use a counter. if no new message, then > increase the counter. > On the other hand, reset the counter to zero. the counter multiple with the > request time will > make the request slower. > i dunno; id probly just use something like i linked on the last post. the backend is php, so if nothing else you could look at the source. anyone ever make use of /dev/shm on any php project? > i believe the sysv-ipc functions in php can give you access to that as well (dont quote me tho; im to lazy to look it up atm :)) -nathan