Hi,
How can a php program maintain a connection with the client after the page finished loading.
Shabbir
Static HTML pages can't maintain a connection after loading. Similarly php scripts just create output. However, you can maintain a "pseudo-connection" with the client by using sessions. Read the php manual for info on sessions. If you don't have php4.. then try using phplib for sessions.
Concur, by nature HTTP is a stateless protocol. Server side management, usually implemented outside of the web server (like in PHP or ColdFusion), is required to "remember" a browsers last state (visit).