# How can Flash communicate with servers?

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**Created:** [September 13, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-flash-communicate-with-servers/296342 "2009-09-13T23:07:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-flash-communicate-with-servers/296342/1 "2009-09-13T23:07:43Z")

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I’d like to know the different methods in which actionScript 2 can communicate with servers. But with the introduction of AS3, most of the info online is regarding ByteArrays and the “[flash.net](http://flash.net)” package which allows any protocol to be built over TCP.

I’m really after ways for servers to communicate to clients (push) without them HTTP polling, and so I need to look into any possible method of client \<\> server communication in Flash AS2.

[LIST]  
[_] **XMLLoader** - reads contents of generated XML/data  
[_]**[XMLSocket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLSocket)** - How does this work? keeps an open HTTP connection? or uses a TCP protocol to exchange XML?  
[_] **Remoting** - How does this work?  
[_]**[AMFPHP](http://www.amfphp.org/)** - How does this work? AS3 Socket connections?  
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