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Asked: 2026-06-15T07:08:01+00:00

I being new to php/mysql , have decided to implement a simple chat application.

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I being new to php/mysql, have decided to implement a simple chat application. Here are some specific questions..

1)
In facebook, if i send a chat message, it updates the chat log using javascript but it will also come up with a “failed to deliver” mark after some time if the connection is lost. My question is how to check if connection to the server is established before sending the message using AJAX/jquery so that I too can inform the user that his message wasn’t delivered.

2) Consider this simplified scenario.. The chat room has 2 slots, that is, only 2 people can share the chat room and chat with each other at any time.. In case a third user tries to login, he will be informed that chat room is full. I can store the user’s login data as session variables or something like that. My question is this… If 2 people are already chatting and one guy just closes the browser without logging out or anything like that… In that case, the session variable is still present and the application still considers 2 people are chatting in the room.. How to delete the session variable if the user is not active in the browser window and make room for the 3rd guy to come in?

3) How do chat applications (like fb chat and google chat) update their chat log? do they request entire chat log (say consisting of 10 messages) or do they just request the current messages using AJAX? And what would be the ideal duration for each requests? I am using 1 second…

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  1. Editorial Team

    1) In jquery ajax callback function tells you if error ocurred:

    $("#form").submit(function(){
    $.post("post.php", {
        message: $('#field').val(),
    }, function(data, status){
        alert("success");
    }).error(function(){
        alert(error);
    });
});

    See http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/

    2) You can periodically poll (like every minute) the server and if user don’t contact server, destroy his session or send disconnect command to server when onunload is fired (not so reliable).

    3) I would send server the timestamp or id of last image and it would send me back all messages since then.

    It depends on how much “real-time” you want your chat. 1 second to 10 seconds is ideal.

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