Hey Friends,

I am sharing a very interesting blog on how to create a chat system in php without using ajax. As we all know ajax based chat system in php is not a good solution

because it **increases the server load and redundant xhr calls** on our server.

Instead, I am going to use sockets for incoming messages from and send messages to another user. So lets try them out using the following steps:

### Step 1: Cross check in php.ini that sockets extension is enabled

```

;extension=sockets

/ /remove semicolon from very start of the extension like

extension=sockets

```

### Step 2: Create `server.php` file

This file will handle the incoming and outgoing messages on sockets, Add following variables in to...