I'm trying to modify this http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_database.asp
I'm just using the HTML part of that ^. My php file only have
<?php
echo rand();
?>
And it works fine! It updates every time I switch something on the drop-down list. But, I want it to run every second, but it won't work. This is what my HTML looks like:
<html>
<head>
<script>
function showUser() {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
} else { // code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) {
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","ajax/test.php?q="+str,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
setInterval(showUser, 1000);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="txtHint"><b>this will be updated</b></div>
</body>
</html>
The SetInterval won't run it. The php file is still only echo rand();. It worked at some point but I screwed something up I believe. Thanks in advance.
