Following up on my last post about the updated sendMsg script, I have another update available.
This update will now catch error 800 from the server. The server imposes a limit of creating 8 IM sessions in any 60 second period and will throw this error if you try calling createSession a 9th time. As such, the script is not suited for sending messages to more than 8 contacts in the same login session. All other changes are programming improvements.
This will be the final update for a while, if there are any major bugs reported I will fix them, otherwise consider this stable.
Download and check out Troubleshooting phpListGrab if you are having connecting problems (phpListGrab uses the same code base). I will also be posting more troubleshooting information for other problems I have recently discovered with server configuration compatibility.
The once popular messaging solution Web2Messenger, which used Windows Live Messenger, is now back. After a long break of uncertainly, the team have restarted the project.
Thanks to TB’s hard work the bots resurfaced a few days ago, which till now have still been up and also thanks to Aziraphale (or lord d’Eath), the site design has changed and is a breath of fresh air.
Just what is Web2Messenger?
Web2Messenger is a service that allows people to send you messages from the Web to Windows Live Messenger. You can redirect people to your personal Send Message page, or create your own Send Message page on your blog or personal Web site. You can even send a member a message when he or she is offline - your message will be delivered as soon as the recipient gets online! Also available is an option to display a dynamic image displaying your Windows Live Messenger status, display name, and personal message for use in forum signatures, on your own Web site or anywhere else you want!
If this takes your interest then head over to Web2Messenger, register and have a try for yourself!
The script I created over two years ago to send a message using PHP has gained quite a lot of exposure over the last few months, and a common request I have been getting is the ability to send messages to more than one user.
Over the weekend I modified the class with the following changes:
- Function to manually create an IM session with a user.
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- Function to send a message on the newest IM session.
- Font face and colour support for the sendMessage() function.
- Better error handling when connecting to the messenger server.
- simpleSend() function to send a single message like the original version.
- error property to get socket error.
If you’re a Facebook user, you would know about the “poke” function. You poke a friend. Your friend will see a notice that says you poked him or her and will most likely poke you back. It’s absolutely useless, but once the poking starts, it never ends. Everyone’s compelled to poke back whoever’s poked them.
My friend and I did this on Messenger last year - not with pokes, but with landslides of emoticons (especially animated ones). I send one emoticon repeated hundreds of times to my friend, and she sends another in the same fashion back. It served as a pathetic kind of entertainment during the summer holidays when we had absolutely nothing to do and to nearly get our computers stuck. I think it’s only us that are this crazy (or crazily bored).
Well, unless you have emoticon wars too.
