On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 12:19 -0500, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 16:46 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote: > > 1 - yes you can make a multichat daemon in php > > 2 - if you don't know that it's possible or where to begin, then odds > > are you won't be able to make it. > > That's what the list is for... to help him find his way. > > > abderrazzak nejeoui wrote: > > > Hello, > > > i want build a multi chat server based in php. > > > 1- is that possible > > > 2- if yes can you instruct me how to bigin > > > thanks > > There are two approaches. You either are looking to do it as a > standalone application outside of the web environment, or you are > looking to do it via the web environment using some combination of > backend PHP and front end browser refreshes (not recommended) or AJAX. > A simple scenario for the web version follows: > > 1. User logs in (or implicitly is logged in anonymously) > 2. User sees any ongoing discussion for X amount of previous time > 3. User can post a form to the website (or post data via AJAX) > which effectively is the user's message to the chat server > 4. Message is save to database with ID/timestamp > 5. Browser refreshes or AJAX retrieves messages greater than > user's session message ID > 6. Return to step 1. Should have been: 6. Return to step 3. Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ........................................................... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php