Delay output

[MrXander]

Hi.

 

Is there anyway to delay output displayed on a page?

 

I'm using this as part of registering for my new website. While the script checks that what the user has created, I want a small delay (of around 5 seconds or so) then the output, either being "TRUE" or "FALSE" to be sent back, WITHOUT redirecting to another page.

 

Any suggestions?

[Alex]

You can get this effect by using JavaScript validation (make sure you're also validating by PHP) and timed events.

[MrXander]

Are you able to elaborate on that?

 

I've checked out the link that you posted, but that would be with using a button, whereas I need this to display automatically and not in an alert box.

 

Sorry if that sounds dumb :-)

[Alex]

If I understand you correctly, you want the user to enter information, press submit then in about 5 seconds output if it's valid or not? This seems like a very bad idea for many reasons.. But here's a basic example:

 

<script type="text/javascript">
function validate(username)
{
var t = setTimeout("check('" + username + "')", 5000);
}

function check(username)
{
alert('It\'s been 5 seconds..');
}
</script>
<form action="" method="" onsubmit="return false;">
<input type="text" name="username" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" onclick="validate(this.form.username.value)" />
</form>

 

Inside check() you'd want to perform any checks on the data..

[MrXander]

All the validation has been done against the database.

 

Basically, all I want is for a user to enter their information, press submit, then a new page loads saying "Please Wait" - then ~5 seconds later, text to show underneath showing "account created".

[Alex]

Then just use a similar concept to append text to a div 5 seconds after a page has loaded if the account was created.

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sleep(5);