Messenger using Code Igniter

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I want to develop one simple messenger using code igniter..
how can i develop it so that messages are displayed automatically without pressing refresh button of browser?.
please help me..

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
Ajax. Search it. Learn it. Use it. Love it.

Or, go Web 1.0 and have the messages in an iframe with a meta refresh every so many seconds.

[eluser]Sarre[/eluser]
http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/69740/

[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
You might want to reconsider the programming language you're using. Continuous polling works, but it's rather wasteful in the long run.

A long poll is the better solution (open the connection and wait for data), but PHP is the wrong lanugage for that kind of thing.