On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Daevid Vincent<daevid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bastien Koert [mailto:phpster@xxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:30 PM >> To: Daevid Vincent >> Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: best way to communicate between PHP, >> Flash/Actionscript across LAN >> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Daevid >> Vincent<daevid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I have a demo to create for a tradeshow. We have 3 touch >> screens and 3 50" >> > plasmas and 3 G1 (android WiFi) phones. Our own >> LAN/Router/Wi-Fi. I need a >> > way so that I can use web pages and Flash (actionscript) to >> make stuff >> > happen on any of the displays/phones. So you click a button >> on the touch >> > screen and see something happen on the plasma. Or G1 >> interface application >> > triggers .flv on touch screen, etc. So I need some kind of >> messaging queue >> > over the LAN and that each CPU can both send and recieve? I >> could use mySQL >> > as an intermediary to store the data (like strings of text >> entered or >> > whatever and pass the record IDs around), or use some other >> XML/JSON/AJAX or >> > something. I just don't even know what I'm talking about >> really. Is this >> > what DBUS is for? It must work with PHP as we'll have web >> pages triggering >> > the .flv as well and of course ActionScript has to be able >> to work with it >> > (that's why I was thinking mySQL, AJAX, XML, etc.). >> > >> > Ideas? Suggestions? >> > >> > someone was telling me about AMQP or RabbitMQ. But neither >> is PHP-ified that >> > I can tell. >> > http://www.nabble.com/PHP-AMQP-client--td12935751.html >> > >> > ...and I realize that PHP will run in a web page mostly and >> I'll have to do >> > some magic like polling something (like a daemon or DB) via >> JS/AJAX to see >> > if I need to pop-up an alert or whatever -- much like a >> bulletin board does >> > when you get new mail. >> > >> > Step 1: get communication between all computers to work >> > Step 2: >> > Step 3: profit! >> > >> >> >> XML is the preferred method for doing communication with >> Flex/Flash...perhaps AJAX to handle it all in the background > > I'm not so much interested in the transport payload as I am the "how". I > need daemons and message queues and that sort of thing that work over > TCP/IP. Writing a PHP daemon is not the way to do this I'm sure of that, > however I need PHP to be able to talk to it. I thought about DBUS, but > that's more for services within a single host computer. Other solutions seem > to involve (hackishly) polling every x seconds. Seems there should be a > better way. > > d > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > What about a comet Server ? http://www.zeitoun.net/articles/comet_and_php/start -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php