PHP sockets and FLASH???

[phpnow]

Does anyone know if it would be possible to use php sockets and flash to create a live instant messaging system? Would sockets be work for this?

[sneakyimp]

Check the link in my signature. I've code that does precisely that. It will be a lot easier if you have root access to a server. Not easy at all on shared hosting.

[phpnow]

Very cool....I wrote an IM system about 3 or 4 years using flash, PHP and mysql. And it worked great. It was a little taxing on the DB. I got away from code for about 3 years now and just came back to it and so much has changed. I figured this would work...thanks for the input and jump start.