There are a lot of free java IRC applets on freshmeat.net, many of them with very nice features. By using a java applet you will reduce some strain on your server, a server side language whether it be Perl, PHP, ASP or anything else is typically not a good way to do chat, especially when there are already excellent protocols (like IRC) established.
Jason On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 08:00, Arjan Gijsberts wrote: > Immediately won't be possible as far as I know. For that, you have to create > a server socket, which is not (easily) able in php-scripts. But you can use > javascript to refresh the page. You could even create a 0 frame which > reloads by javascript and use DHTML to add the messages to the main chat > frame. In this way it is the most transparant to the users. As you might > know java applets are far more suitable for this kind of things (chat > client). > > > "Sami kyösti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi! > > > > Is it possible to create a chat screen that updates screen in some kind > > of loop from the database? > > > > So if someone sends a message to database it immediately shows on chat > > screen? > > > > Kind regards, > > Sami > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
