script not working...

[xyn]

Hey,
I have a PM system and wanted to alert any user if they receive a new PM whilst somewhere else on the site. I attached my code into the sessions which is on every page it doesn't work.

I had a new Pm and it wouldn't alert me:
[code=php:0]include "db.php";
$ssql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM pm WHERE sendto='{$_SESSION['user']['user']}' AND stats='0'");
$numb = @mysql_num_rows($ssql);
if( $numb > 0 )
{
echo '<script>alert("You have got a new Private message")</script>';
}[/code]

[pixy]

You could try something like...
$query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pm WHERE sendto='{$_SESSION['user']['user']}' AND stats='0'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
if (mysql_num_rows($result) != 0) {
    echo '<script>alert("You have got a new Private message")</script>';
}

Question: Why do you have $_SESSION['user']['user']? Why don't you use use $_SESSION['user']?

And, some people disable javascript so your alert wouldn't do anything anyways.

You can put <noscript> tags around an alternate message for people who turn it off. That way, they would be notified even if they have javascript turned off.

[xyn]

What would <noscript> do? and how would I do this?

[Orio]

[url=http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_noscript.asp]The <noscript> tag[/url]

Orio.