no refresh

[srm2k]

Hi folks,

I don´t know if I have a problem. My situation is:

1) imagine that a have a webpage, with tables identified by ID´s. I want to update the content of this table without refresh. Easy, I can use innerHTML (js).

2) BUT these updates will occur each 3 seconds. Easy again, I can create lots (finite) of functions using PHP (the technology that I´m currently using), like func_01, func_02, etc and call each one each 3 seconds.

BUT the user CAN´T see these functions, or, the content of the future seconds can´t be known. Can I do this using PHP, update the page without refresh? I think that using js is impossible, because the browser (user) must be able to access my js script.
Any reply will be realy welcome.

regards,
sandro

[Anon]

For PHP to have any effect on your page, the browser must make a request to the server, the PHP executes, and the server sends back the results.

After all, the content for future seconds has to get from the server to the browser somehow. That's a refresh.

Your requirements could certainly be met, but it would need something more along the lines of a Java applet.