check out http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.ircg.php
and http://www.schumann.cx/ircg/ > I am doing the same thing at the moment, > > I'm building a Flash/PHP/MySQL chat system capable of handling over > 1000 users online at one time. > > GET and POST just doesn't cut it, so I began to explore other avenues, > and XML Socket's seem like the best and only option. But I expect to > burn the midnight oil on this one. > > Marc > > "Ben Ramsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I guess that's good enough reason for me. As far as connecting with >> sockets, though: you should connect from Flash to the PHP file, not >> from PHP to the Flash file, I think. And, in order to do that, you >> would need to ask some people who specialize in Flash and >> ActionScript, so the boards at Macromedia.com may be the best place to >> ask. >> >> Then again, I could be absolutely wrong. ;-) >> >> -Ben >> >> >> Eric Bolikowski wrote: >> >> > Hey Ben >> > >> > I know it may sound nuts, but I really want to make a socket >> > connection between a Flash and a PHP file. >> > >> > Normally I would simply read in a text file/read XML/send data with >> > GET > or >> > POST, but I'm looking for a socket connections of following reasons: >> > >> > 1) I want a fast connection >> > 2) I'm looking at this as a challenge, because it doesn't seem like > anyone >> > else has done this before >> > >> > Eric >> > >> > "Ben Ramsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >>What I mean is: you shouldn't need to use sockets to read in a file >> >>from Flash unless you're trying to do something more complicated, >> >>but from the way it sounds, you just want to pull data from MySQL >> >>with a PHP script and output it to Flash. The PHP script could just >> >>echo plain text and Flash can read that in just fine without needing >> >>to connect via a socket. >> >>-Ben >> >> >> >>Ben Ramsey wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Flash has the ability to read in text files, so you could use PHP >> >>>to output data in the correct format and use Flash to read the PHP >> >>>script like it reads a text file. We did this in ASP once upon a >> >>>time. >> >>> >> >>>Here's a tutorial about reading text files into Flash: >> >>>http://www.virtual-fx.net/tutorials/html/loadtextfile.htm >> >>> >> >>>Also, from what I understand, Flash now has a great XML parser, so >> >>>you could use PHP to generate XML and Flash could read in the XML >> >>>as variables. You might want to look into that, but I think it's >> >>>only available in the newest version. >> >>> >> >>>-Ben >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>Eric Bolikowski wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>>Hi everybody >> >>>> >> >>>>I'm working on a site that will be based on Flash, PHP and MySQL. >> >>>>PHP will >> >>>>work as a middleware for Flash and MySQL. >> >>>> >> >>>>My problem is communication between Flash and PHP. >> >>>>I'm really out looking for using the socket functions in PHP and >> >>>>Flash >> > >> > to >> > >> >>>>make fast connection. >> >>>> >> >>>>I have googled for almost an hour now, and I can't seem to find >> >>>>any interesting. The only info I find, is about sending data >> >>>>between Flash and >> >>>>PHP with HTTP GET or HTTP POST. >> >>>> >> >>>>So if anybody has some general information on this or a link to a >> >>>>tutorial >> >>>>on the subject, I would like to get those resources. >> >>>> >> >>>>Thanks a lot >> >>>> >> >>>>Eric > > -- > 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
