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So this is not an error. I just don't know how to do this. I created a chat application with HTML/JS/PHP and I am storing the messages for each chat in a mysql database. I am currently using a php script to receive all messages from the database every 0.5 seconds and printing them onto my chat file. I wanted to know any better way to receive a message without having to reload or wait. Maybe some kind of notification the if a person sent a message then the other users of the chat receive that exact message or some socket thing idk. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I would suggest using WebSockets. Check this out - https://github.com/Flynsarmy/PHPWebSocket-Chat

Answer 2

Websockets is the best way to do this. This opens a constant connection to the server and the server can push events to the client.

With php this can be implemented by using another service like Redis or Pusher .

Answer 3

You can use socket.io

By using this you don't have to pull the data from the server continuously.