Chats PHP Tutorials

Basic Shoutbox
This tutorial is very similar to the news portal and a basic shoutbox.

Advanced Shoutbox
A tutorial based on how to create a Shoutbox on PHP with mySQL.

Design an Online Chat Room with PHP and MySQL
In this article, you will learn how to design and develop a simple online chat room with PHP and MySQL. This tutorial explains every steps of the development, including both database design and PHP programming. Basic computer skills and knowledge of HTML and PHP are required.

Advanced Shoutbox
A tutorial based on how to create a Shoutbox on PHP with mySQL.

PHP Messagebox
Easily create a PHP Message Box, without using any mysql! Using this method, when your visitors post something, the simple script interprets it, and stores the message in a text document. It is also fully customizable with HTML.

Creating a Shoutbox
This tutorial - "Creating a Shoutbox" will keep your interest as well as teach you a great bit of design with all the code you will need right on the page. The author makes it a snap with lots of photos and illustrations.

The Complete Shoutbox Tutorial
Now that you know the basics of PHP and MySQL connectivity, its time to add a little interaction with this cool little applet that allows your users to leave short messages - a system commonly referred to as a shoutbox. In this tutorial I will detail everything you need to know about making your very own shoutbox, right down from the HTML form, to the smilie emoticon configuration and anti-spam measures.

Simple Chatbox in PHP/MySQL
This will show you how to build the frontend of a PHP/MYSQL based chatbox that has a WYSIWYG built in.

JSON AJAX Web Chat
This tutorial will walk you through the steps to create an JSON AJAX driven website.

AJAX Web Chat Part 1
This tutorial will walk you through the step in order to create an AJAX driven web chat program. This will be a very simple program, but will be expanded upon in future tutorials.

A MySQL Driven Chat Script
In this article, Tim will show you how to create a quick-n-easy chat script using PHP and a very simple MySQL database. The script will allow visitors to choose a nickname, enter text to send to the chatting window, and view messages from other people... all in real-time! For a bit of fun, the chat application also has buttons to send several emote-icons including smiling and frowning faces.One of the most popular uses for the Internet is person-to-person communication.

Shoutbox
Shoutboxes have become a popular way to leave messages at a site.

PHP-Based Chat Room
This particular design of web-based chat uses variables posted from a form, processes them into HTML and writes them to a file. Put the form and the message file in a frameset and you have something that looks reasonably like a BeSeen chat room. Of course the advantage is, our chat room can be a little more clever than it's BeSeen cousin.

Mini-Chat Tutorial
This tutorial is about my mini-chat script. It's not really a chat, since dialogs are updated only when page refreshes. It is the first tutorial of a series for some development techniques.