Real-time notification of iPhone from the server, without using Apple push notification

Question

I'm looking for a way to get real-time notification from a server in an iPhone app. I do not want to use Apple Push Notification, as I have a lot of notifications. My web service is encoded in PHP, and I did not understand an easy way to implement this function. Any idea what should I do?

Thanks a lot for your help!

EDIT: I'm looking for a way to get a notification only when the application starts (otherwise the only option is: Apple Push not.).

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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