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Posted by Ben on 10/11/79 11:39
"d" <d@example.com> wrote in message
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> "Ben" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:JFoGf.699$xZ4.333@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Interested in building a poker client and interested in your opinions
>> about a few things concerning PHP. Forgive my relative ignorace in
>> advance :)
>>
>> Does PHP allow for encrypted/secure data transmission? This would
>> prevent another user from capturing the data and reading the "hole"
>> cards.
>>
>> Does it have it's own random number generator?
>>
>> Is PHP cross-platform (can the same software be run on MAC and Windows
>> seemlessly)?
>>
>> Is MySQL capable of storing millions of records with reliabiltity?
>>
>> Do you think PHP would be a good choice for building a poker client with
>> all the security requirements?
>>
>> Thanks for any repsonses.
>
> PHP can do pretty much anything you can think of :) It can indeed give
> you secure socket support, so you can encrypt data on the fly. You can
> even get PHP-GTK to create graphical applications in PHP (however I've yet
> to see a widget-powered app look any good, but I'm sure it's possible).
>
> MySQL can cope with that amount of records, but you'll have to know how to
> optimise both the server and the mysql database if you want it to perform
> well.
>
> PHP can do anything. I've even seen examples of it generating Direct3D
> content. If you can imagine it, you can do it.
>
>> - Ben
>
> dave
Thanks Dave. I realize you "can" do anything with PHP but given your
experience would you say you "should" do something like this with PHP? The
graphical deficiency doesn't scare me, if you've every used a poker client
the graphics basically consist of a static bitmap with some buttons,
sometimes fly-out affects for the cards turning.
Very cool though, thanks again.
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