Is it possible to use Socket.IO as transparent proxy for WebScoket server on PHPDaemon?

Question

Node.js

Hello everyone!
I have a WebSocket server written by another person in PHPDaemon. Users connect there, log in and start receiving messages via the ws protocol. But users of older versions of browsers and IE below 10 are left behind. I really want to somehow add something like a transparent proxying cross-browser client for old browsers without breaking the architecture of the websocket server. And here's the question. Can socket.io play this role?

Answer 1

Well, why not? Write a simple proxy application on nodejs, let it hook clients from the client side via SocketIO which will transparently provide transport, and let the application further locally transfers via WS to PHP.