As far as I understand WebORB, it uses a pseudo push mechanism. The client actively polls for any new data. (I could be wrong about this. Please let me know if I am. I am basing my assumptions on forum posts - eg. http://www.themidnightcoders.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=505).
If you don't like active polling, look at BlazeDS. I use an active poll in my applications but I do it once every 30 minutes (It's just to alert users of any news they need to know). I don't know if I like the non polling solution. It means that you have to open a persistent connection to the server and sooner or later you will run out of connections. --- In [email protected], "Sean Clark Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does WebORB use sockets? I thought it was an http connection, but I could > be mistaken. If there's a better way, I'd be happy to switch, but I couldn't > find anything. The current system is VERY lightweight, and it's quite > unlikely that WebORB is faster, but it might be a lot more stable -- I > definitely want to look into it. > > Our needs are > 1) Messaging between clients (Push to client) > 2) Speed (for lightweight messages) > > Does WebORB do #1? > > I looked at the example you posted -- Yes, it is very easy to send JSON to > PHP and get a JSON response -- we are doing this elsewhere. But HTTPService > is, well, HTTP -- the server can't push data back to the client. > > Thanks! > ~sean > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:42 AM, valdhor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can't help you with your problem but do wonder why you felt the need > > to create your own socket system to implement JSON to PHP. > > > > AFAIK there are a number of solutions for this (eg. > > > > http://blog.paranoidferret.com/index.php/2007/08/24/flex-php-json-mysql-advanced-updating/ > > ). > > > > Also, WebORB with AMF3 is a much simpler (And probably faster) > > solution for getting data to and from Flex/PHP. > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Sean > > Clark Hess" <seanhess@> wrote: > > > > > > Hello coders! > > > > > > This is my first question to the list, so go easy on me, alright? :) > > > > > > I spent quite a while developing a good socket system that > > communicated with > > > PHP via JSON. It uses the Socket class (since that's the only way > > you can > > > do it, as far as I'm aware). It works perfectly now, with one small > > > caveat. > > > > > > When testing it on machines with r45 of FP9 installed, it didn't > > connect. > > > I'm not sure which version started working, but I think it works on > > r115 > > > and r124. As far as I can tell, the connect event just never fires. > > The > > > policy file request goes through fine, but the socket server never hears > > > from the connection request. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > ~sean > > > > > > > > > >
