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Posted by d on 11/17/59 11:39
"Ben" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "d" <d@example.com> wrote in message
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>> "Ben" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>> 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
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> 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.
Personally, for something like that, I'd use java. It's portable, and with
extra libraries (open-source), can integrate nicely with the host OS's UI.
It's got great security and speed, too. It's also very easy to develop in
:)
dave
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