PHPWEBSOCKET

So here is a quick hack to implement hybi-10 websockets in php!
Check out the hybi-10 standard here
Check This Wikipedia Page for suppored list of browsers.

Client side

var host = "ws://localhost:12345/websocket/server.php";
try{
  socket = new WebSocket(host);
  log('WebSocket - status '+socket.readyState);
  socket.onopen    = function(msg){ log("Welcome - status "+this.readyState); };
  socket.onmessage = function(msg){ log("Received: "+msg.data); };
  socket.onclose   = function(msg){ log("Disconnected - status "+this.readyState); };
}
catch(ex){ log(ex); }

View source code of client.html

Server side

View source code of chatbot.demo.php

Steps to run the test:

• See these instructions for info on how to run this under windows ( xampp: Apache + PHP )
• Save both files, client.html and chatbot.demo.php, in a folder in your local server running Apache and PHP.
• From the command line, run the "php -q chatbot.demo.php" program to listen for socket connections.
• Open Google Chrome and point to the client.html page
• Done, your browser now has a full-duplex channel with the server.
• Start sending commands to the server to get some responses.

WebSockets for the masses!

Author

Ben Morse
George Nava

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