Re: web based chat app

On Tuesday 29 April 2008 06:48:38 paragasu wrote: > i am planning to integrate chat application on my website. > the idea is to make online user on my website to chat to each other. > it is using PHP5+jQuery, i want it to be as light as possible. I am not > sure about the database to use, but i have 3 options.. file based, sqlite3 > or mysql5. > > i am thinking to use sqlite3 because it is fast but afraid it cannot handle > many user > request (i remember reading it is not so good for multiple user). It is > also possible to use > memory based storage /dev/shm (in debian based, i read somewhere - never > tried yet) > > another issue is how to make it light.The chat script should refresh > every 200ms to get the best result or even 1 second still bring quite a > load to the web server. > anyone ever run a web based application? > > or any chat based api i can use out there to save server resource? You want light outta it? use the jabber2 server as a backend. It'll be done serving while you try to access the database. No need to do a square wheel, when a round one is invented -- --- Børge Holen http://www.arivene.net