Clintonb

Ive done quite a bit of php programming for websites but i stumbled on a post where someone built a windows tcp client in delphi the communicated with a php script using sockets a bit like a chat server. How does php work that you are able to do this. I created a tcpclient app that connects to 127.0.0.1 with my wamp running and i have a connection. How do i send the request to that specific php script that will receive my request and respond?

I saw a new way of handling forms using javascript as an ajax object. Instead of the form having a submit button, it has just a button with an onclick method that shows the followinf code : new Ajax.Updater('container', 'processform.php', {asynchronous:true, parameters:Form.serialize('form'), onSuccess: endSend}) This script sends the form contents of form to a processform php script and i'm trying to do the same with my normal form. I was confused by the function form.serialize('form') and i was wondering if someone could tell me why this is used? If i used this with a php script do i call the values using $_POST['Var1'] or does the serialize send it in a way that needs specific server side processing? Thanks in advance