How get data from php in a applet

[Anon]

Hi,friends
I can pass parameters to php in my applet.But i amnot sure how to get data from PHP.
The applet is used to pull data from php periodically.Of course i can use JavaScript setTimeOut() or HTML meta tag to refresh the page instead of using applet.But the flicking is boring thing so i want to use applet to get data from php.

Any suggestions are appreciated!