Is it possible to running PHP scripts repediatly in the bg

[mrpennybankz]

Hey,
I'm making a PHP chat and I have the send/recieving scripts done but I've got a problem. I want the msgs being recieved to show up without having to refresh the page constantly. My idea is to have a text area and have the PHP script pass the message to the text area but I'm not sure how to do this. I would have to start the script in the background, pass the message variable to the text area and then restart the script, and do this over and over again. Does anyone know how I would do this? I was told that I could pass the variaible by just putting the variaible name inbetween the textarea tags but I'm lost as to how I can make it update it self.

Any Helps Appricated!

[Steveo31]

Maybe a recursive function...?

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[mrpennybankz]

sorry i'm not that experinced in PHP, how would i go about creating one?

[nemonoman]

If you're basing your chat on PHP, I think you need to get used to the idea of a refresh. X7 Chat, which is a very smooth PHP program, uses this approach to very good effect.