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[Mark Armendariz]

Option 4 is much more like an actual chat client.

Php sockets with xml_sockets in flash.

Wrote one a little over ayear ago, which doesn't seem to work anymore due ot
lack of maintainence.  I've wanted to get it back up and running, just no
time.  I know there's someone else on this board who's working on one.  I
wrote him a full step by step breakdown of how I implemented it if you're
interested.

Good luck.

MArk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org 
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Mitch Pirtle
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:15 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] chat (opinions needed)
> 
> Henry Ponce wrote:
> 
> > Hello all:
> > 
> > I have to add a chat area in my site. I've been reading 
> info on this 
> > and I see that there's different approaches.
> > 
> > The two approaches to get this done that most interest me are:
> > php and an ircd on my server
> > php/msyql (similar to phplive!)
> 
> Don't forget option #3, remote flash with textfiles on the 
> server.  If you are interested I will hunt down that link, I 
> was meaning to build something with it for another site as a 
> proof of concept...
> 
> Actually quite brilliant, as the flash 'animation' basically 
> polls the textfile for changes every xxx seconds, and all 
> 'posts' get appended to the textfile. No database overhead, 
> and very small footprint on the client.
> 
> -- Mitch
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