PHP Realtime

[Asheeown]

This is just a general question.  Is it possible to make a realtime php script, like for instance a shoutbox that will display messages as they are posted.  That's just an example, not what I really intend to do.

[rhodesa]

To have a 'realtime' app like that you need a mesh of javascript and server side language (like PHP). Really, it's not supported by browsers, but people have come up with workarounds to fool the browser. Check out:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming)

http://orbited.org/

[Mark Baker]

This is just a general question.  Is it possible to make a realtime php script, like for instance a shoutbox that will display messages as they are posted.  That's just an example, not what I really intend to do.

True realtime... not via http, but it should be possible to write genuine real-time apps using CLI.

A shoutbox doesn't really qualify as real-time.

[Asheeown]

The real reason I want to use something like this can get confusing, which is why I don't like to type it out, I guess I'll try to be as clear as possible.

 

I need an app that receives information from a telnet server and displays it on the screen, with options to send commands back to the telnet server.  It is basically like chatting with the server and I want to do it in realtime so I can have a full log of all messages instead of restarting the socket connection over and over again to send commands.

 

I don't know if that is clear enough but Rhodesa I am looking into that Orbited site, it looks pretty neat, I will definitely be doing some research on that.