What are the potential drawbacks of using Websockets for real-time messaging in PHP?

One potential drawback of using Websockets for real-time messaging in PHP is the lack of built-in support for handling Websocket connections in PHP. To solve this, you can use a third-party library like Ratchet to easily set up Websocket servers and handle connections in PHP. 

// Install Ratchet using Composer
composer require cboden/ratchet

// Create a basic Websocket server using Ratchet
use Ratchet\MessageComponentInterface;
use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

class MyChat implements MessageComponentInterface {
    public function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $conn) {
        // Handle new connection
    }

    public function onMessage(ConnectionInterface $from, $msg) {
        // Handle incoming message
    }

    public function onClose(ConnectionInterface $conn) {
        // Handle connection close
    }

    public function onError(ConnectionInterface $conn, \Exception $e) {
        // Handle connection error
    }
}

$server = IoServer::factory(
    new HttpServer(
        new WsServer(
            new MyChat()
        )
    ),
    8080
);

$server->run();

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Websockets real-time messaging drawbacks PHP error types

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