Rotate HTML content slideshow

[345dfg]

Hi guys,

 

I happen to be clueless about PHP.

 

I want to create a section on my website that rotates content (like a slideshow). It should be able to rotate any type of html content (images and text). An example of a site that does something similar is: http://www.fordgt.org.

 

However, I'm NOT looking for javascript code.

 

If possible, I should be able to set the amount of seconds each html area appears.

 

People who visit the website use both IE and Firefox.

 

I have searched online with queries like php rotator, php content rotator, php slideshow etc but I haven't been able to find something that looks easy enough to implement. 

 

Could someone point me in the right direction, please?

 

Thanks,

 

George

[dezkit]

this can only be done in a client side script. javascript is one of the only choices

[BillyBoB]

or you could use flash

[timvdalen]

You can use PHP to get the HTML with JavaScript though, if you really want to use PHP.

There's a great article on php.net about it, but I can't seem to find it now.

I hope someone else on the forums can.

[jd307]

Because PHP is a server-side language, all it can do is serve a single piece of content.  Once the client's browser has been sent the data, PHP no longer plays a role in what happens... basically meaning a timer in PHP (such as usleep) would only stop the server from processing scripts until the end of the counter and then resumes, which would only cause a delay on the browser receiving the HTML page.

 

For your requirements, you would need something working on the client-side to control the rotation between the different content.

[345dfg]

Thanks for the responses everybody. Much appreciated.

 

George