Re: PHP Chat REALTIME

I've been kidding around with a chat experiment of my own a few weeks ago and stumbled in the same problem with refresh, so I'm quite interested in this discussion. So, ok, I didn't know about flush() at all, but how do you keep the http connection open in the first place? Just keep looping in the PHP or is there a smarter way? Bogdan Joffrey van Wageningen wrote: > > I dont think its possible without Java programing. > > its posible to keep a http connection open and trust on flush() to send some > data to the client, if this data contains javascript you could update a > window or something... if you want to make this safe: make sure you use a > combination of a open http connection with flush() and reload the frame your > flush()'ing time to time (in case of a proxy server) > > shoplist for a chat: > * 3 frames: 1 to display incomming data, 1 to have a input field and post to > the server and 1 to receive data from your http stream (could be hidden) > > * some javascript to move the data from the http stream window to the > display window > > * a db backend and maybe a check (with the post, or the refresh) which lines > have been received by the client > > * a cute design :) > > with kind regards, > Joffrey van Wageningen > ne2000.nl