Refresh php banner code without page refresh?

mhenke

I use the following code to call a banner:

<? $zid=1177; include ($path_root ."../banner.php"); ?>

This code calls a new banner from a database each time a page is opened/refreshed.

Is there a way to have the banner refresh itself using the above code WITHOUT the page refreshing, this to avoid the annoying click in IE each time the page refreshes?

It would help me a great deal : ))))))))

Mike

weekender

maybe preload several banners and use dhtml to switch between them?

mhenke

I was thinking along the lines of Javascript:

document.write('<? $zid=1177; include ($path_root ."../banner.php"); ?>');

If I could find a routine that reloads this code it should work I guess?

Mike

andymoo

but javascript is client side and php is server side so javascript wont do it, the first suggestion of dhtml seems viable

or you could just use an iframe and run a meta refresh in there

mhenke

With javascript you can refresh images without reloading the page, and avoiding the IE click. That's why I was wondering if I can refresh a line of code so it pulls in a new banner from the php application...

If I refresh an iframe it produces the same click.

I can't use DHTML as the banner clicks are logged in a database and I need the PHP code to call them.