ok, so all goes well when I create sockets for the server in PHP...
Does anyone have any idea how to do the same with a webpage on the user end? What I'd like to do is have the visitor's webpage remember the last messages sent so that the server only sends the most recent posts. Some posts will be game-related updates and others will be user chat statements so I need to make this custom, but I can't find a way to do this without using meta-refresh and then the whole chat log needs to be sent every time (creating ungodly lag times on the server).
Is there a client-side scripting language that has the means to pull only certain data? Is there a server-side feature that will push data to a specific visitor? I'm sure I can handle the details and research into another form of web technology, but where do I look in the first place? So far I haven't found any 'new' resources on how to do this... only the meta refresh and this is unacceptable with any of the ideas I have so far for it. 😕
Maybe I'm seeking the impossible, but I figured I'd ask before giving up on this search and learning Java.🙁
