changing content within a table

Anon

This is quite a long story, and isn't strictly PHP - but I've tried DHTML and Javascript without success, so this is my next port of call.

On one of my sites, I have an information panel, which is a php file, called from the main page.

That file contains several tables of data, which at the moment are lined one under another.

What I'd like to do is have them rotating, so that you only see one at a time, but it changes every 15 seconds, so after a minute you've seen all four of them.

First I tried to do this using META HTTP-EQUIV=refresh... it worked initially, but after the first refresh it just displayed the table, and not the rest of the page.

Then I came up with the idea of putting a frameset within the information panel, and putting the REFRESH command into files within the frameset. This didn't work at all and stayed with the first page of data.

Then I tried using Javascript and DIV tags to insert each page of data between the table tags, however I could only get this to work by adding buttons to control which page was displayed, and couldn't get it to change pages automatically on a timer.

Now I know that a few simple lines of code can be used to change an image periodically, but does anyone know how to do it with a table?

Thanks in advance...

rrijnders

1) Put each table into a different PHP script.

2) Put the javascript into the side frame, not the body frame.

3) Have the javascript reload the body frame every few seconds, each time specifying a different PHP script for one of the tables.
Loop indefinitely if desired.

HTH
-- Rich

Anon

Unfortunately that doesn't work, mainly because there are no frames on the page.

I currently have each table in a different PHP script, with each one coded to refresh to the next one after a few seconds - but when you look at the page it doesn't actually work.

However, I have thought of another idea which I will try today and post the results here if successful.

Meanwhile if anyone else has any ideas, please suggest them

Thanks,

Tim

Anon

I've just tried a new method, with the main page calling a PHP script which contains three frames, one of which rotates four more php files each with a table in it.
Looking at the PHP script on its own in IE and Netscape works perfectly.
But for some reason the main page won't display a PHP include which contains a frameset.
Any ideas?