chat program question 2

[MJB3K]

Hi, i am setting about making a chat program. How would i go about once someone has sent a message, it refreshes (or reloads) the page at the other persons computer?

would it be best to insert the messages to a db, then display it from there??

#person1

>>sends msg
>>insert to db
>> page load at other end?? << how i do this?? is it possible??

any ideas/links/downloads/tutorials??

thanx



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Martin

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[ericbrunson]

You either need to use a server push (not recommended) or have the client to a META refresh every so many seconds.

Either way, your reinventing the wheel. I just had a customer request a chat on his website, so I looked at what was available. I boiled to down to two, openphpchat (sourceforege) and bribble (google for it). He was all about form and not features, so he went with bribble because it has a pretty flash front end.

 

[MJB3K]

what does server push do?

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Martin

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[sleipnir214]

When you use server push, the connection between the server and the browser stays open indefinitely. Content is sent from the server to the browser using an HTTP stream that is like a multipart MIME document.


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[MJB3K]

Does that use up massive bandwidth?? why did ericbrunson say it was a bad idea to use it?

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Martin

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