Ajax

[cry of war]

ok i know that there is a way to get your webpage to update through ajax when "you" do an action and the javascript runs the http request but is there away to make ajax update your page when you or someone else clicks on the webpage before you can?

 

example, correct me if i am wrong.

 

you<click>=>http request=> server query=>update webpage

 

 

you<click>\                                              /Your page Updated

OR            >=>http request=> server query=>          And

they<click>/                                              \Their page Updated

 

If you could provide a link that would be great. Or if you could explain the concept to me that would be good too. This is so users can fight inbetween say a bid so they dont have to reload the page every 10 sec and only when another person bid higher.

[phpQuestioner]

 

You would need to run a ajax function that checks your database every X number of seconds; that checks your database for new bids. Set another ajax function up too check if there is a new bid in your database; update your page if there is or otherwise do nothing.

[cry of war]

thats the point i dont know what X needs to be to be less on bandwidth and still be usefull i was thinking about doing an auto inc. query so its looking for a item thats not there untill it is and use a ready stat 4 on that do you think that would work?

[haku]

As far as I know (which is a fair bit, though by no means everything), the only way to do it is how phpQuestioner said.