I'd like to have a game built in PHP/DHTML which supports 2+ players. I'd like the actions of one player to show up for other players pretty quickly and alert them when its their turn.
A monopoly example:
Its my turn. I roll the dice and my browser shows two little die images with my roll on it. I'd like the other's browser window to show those images too, at nearly the same time.
Then my little token moves that number of spaces in my HTML table-board. And should move in the browsers of the other players too (though this would probably be a javascript which reacts to the number rolled to prevent reloading the page repeatedly).
The process continues. Basically, I'd like live transfer of data between two browsers that are both viewing my page. I'd prefer that it not rely on meta refresh tags or anything that reloads the page repeatedly. Is this possible? If so, how? I was thinking sockets might be the answer, but I dont know how to use them.
Thanks!
