Timer then submit?

[gibbonuk]

Hi, at the moment i have a form, that submits to itsself (so reloads the page but via submitting), well basicially im trying to get the submit to happen every 1 min automaticallly.

 

How can i do this?

Thanks

 

[@]

you will have to use javascript. look at set_interval or set_timeout to make this happen.

FYI thought - having a page that refreshes every minute is gonna be annoying as hell!! A better solution would be to use ajax to process the form in the background and not refresh the page all the time.

[WebStyles]

something like:

 

<script type="text/javascript">
function timedSubmit(){
document.FORMNAME.submit();
setTimeout("timedSubmit()",1000); // 1 second
}
// initiate:
setTimeout("timedSubmit()",3000); // 3 seconds
</script>

 

change FORMNAME to whater your <form name=""> is.

[Maq]

I would agree with the AJAX suggestion, depending on what you're doing, it will be way less obtrusive.