How to interract with client on a web apps

yokowasis

I want to create something like notification, on facebook or twitter. When an event happened, that specific client will be notified.

What's my options ?

FAT32

Firebase / Websocket

mksh

Well, i guess you could also just use ajax. It's kinda ugly since you gotta pull for updates (request, wait for timeout or event, retry, ...) but it should work.

yokowasis

@mksh said:
Well, i guess you could also just use ajax. It's kinda ugly since you gotta pull for updates (request, wait for timeout or event, retry, ...) but it should work.

This is what I used at the moment.

@FAT32 said:
Firebase / Websocket

Will look at it. Does it work in local environment without the internet ?

FAT32

For Firebase no, but WebSocket can work locally

yokowasis

@FAT32 said:
For Firebase no, but WebSocket can work locally

After doing some reading , it needs some non blocking server side application such as node.js. Unfortunately I am working on WordPress which is PHP. Any suggestions ?

jetchirag

@yokowasis said:

@FAT32 said:
For Firebase no, but WebSocket can work locally

After doing some reading , it needs some non blocking server side application such as node.js. Unfortunately I am working on WordPress which is PHP. Any suggestions ?

I've never tried websockets with php but there are some library worth checking out.