Some questions

[NetAndif]

Hi, thanks for this lovely chat. I like it very much.
Currently i only have one question: will it increase performance to use different files for client + server scripts?

NetAndif

[phpfreechat]

Sorry but I don't understand your question at all
Could you explain a bit more ?

[NetAndif]

Ok, i'll try to explain

In your demo3 you are using seperate files for the 'client', 'config' and 'server' php scripts. I understand that it is useful to put the config in a seperate file.
I also understand that the 'client' script in this demo will be the php file which the user opens in his browser, whereas the 'server' php script will be called by ajax.
My question is, if it will increase server load to use only one script for both.
E.g. all the client side script will be executed each time when php is called by ajax.

[phpfreechat]

My question is, if it will increase server load to use only one script for both.
E.g. all the client side script will be executed each time when php is called by ajax.

When using a single script, AJAX will call it but when phpfreechat object is created, it will just stop the script and never execute the code after the phpfreechat object creation (I speak about : $chat = new phpFreeChat($params)).
So for each AJAX call, the code before the phpfreechat object creation will be executed.

Using separate client/server script is interesting when you need to do something before.
For example when integrating the chat on a website with registred user, you don't want to allow anonymous people to come on the chat without beeing registred. For this kind of case separate the client and the server script is a good choice.

I think for most of common cases a single script is enougth.

[NetAndif]

Well, this made it clear to me.
Now i know, if i need external config includes (e.g. for rewrited URLs and logged in users), i should put them into the 'client' script, because this will only be loaded once when the user opens the chat. Then the server-script will be used to update the chat by AJAX.

Thanks again.