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copied!<p>I suggest you use Socket.io along side node.js. Install and download the libs from <a href="http://socket.io/" rel="noreferrer">http://socket.io/</a>. You can run it along side your Apache server no problems.</p> <p>First create a node server:</p> <pre><code>var http = require('http') , url = require('url') , fs = require('fs') , io = require('../')//path to your socket.io lib , sys = require(process.binding('natives').util ? 'util' : 'sys') , server; server = http.createServer(function(req, res){ var path = url.parse(req.url).pathname; }), server.listen(8084);//This could be almost any port number </code></pre> <p>Second, run your server from the command line using:</p> <pre><code>node /path/to/your/server.js </code></pre> <p>Third, connect to the socket using client side js:</p> <pre><code>var socket = new io.Socket(null, {port: 8084, rememberTransport: false}); socket.connect(); </code></pre> <p>You will have to have include the socket.io lib client side aswell.</p> <p>Send data from client side to the node server using:</p> <pre><code>socket.send({data:data}); </code></pre> <p>Your server.js should also have functions for processing requests:</p> <pre><code>io.on('connection', function(client){ //action when client connets client.on('message', function(message){ //action when client sends msg }); client.on('disconnect', function(){ //action when client disconnects }); }); </code></pre> <p>There are two main ways to send data from the server to the client:</p> <pre><code>client.send({ data: data});//sends it back to the client making the request </code></pre> <p>and</p> <pre><code>client.broadcast({ data: data});//sends it too every client connected to the server </code></pre>

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