Display A Page And Then Automatically Close It

[bas7320]

Is there any way using PHP to have a page display for a set amount of time (say 5 sec.) and then have it automatically close without the need for user interaction?

[Daukan]

You can redirect to another page

<?php
header('Refresh: 5; url=index.html');
?>

[br0ken]

In the past I've always just used the following piece of Javascript:

 

setTimeOut('window.close()', 5000);

 

The setTimeOut function evaluates the code in the first argument after the amount of time (in miliseconds) has surpassed in the second argument.

[Daukan]

setTimeout() only closes windows that were opened by javascript like a pop up. It can also be disabled. In firefox I get a message something like this: This window is trying to close. Do you want it to 'yes' , 'no'