refresh without a meta tag or hidden frame

acey

any ideas ?

nemonoman

How about javascript...that allowed???

acey

yes , i would rather it be more of a streaming refresh ,

page is php, mysql , its a chat room

meta refresh is too flicky

rachel2004

If you wish to do it server-side with PHP, use the header() function:

header('Expires: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT '); // set  this to something in the past
header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate');
header('Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0, FALSE');
header('Pragma: no-cache');

Yes, that's two "Cache-Control"s. Not a typo. With this method, you're basically preventing the browser (or a proxy server) from caching a page. Visitors will receive the latest content each time they visit a page with the above headers.

rachel2004

Originally posted by acey
yes , i would rather it be more of a streaming refresh ,

page is php, mysql , its a chat room

meta refresh is too flicky

How is the meta refresh too flicky? What does that mean exactly?

If what you mean by "streaming refresh" is that the client (browser) pulls new content, you'd need something on the client side as well. PHP is only server side and does not "push" or "stream" content.

nemonoman

You asked a similar question before...weedpacket tried to help you with a pointer to Remote Procedure Calls using IFRAMEs, DHTML and Javascript.

The reason you haven't gotten lots of people explaining how to do 'streaming' without IFRAMES, meta refreshes, etc., is that THERE IS NO WAY TO DO IT absent writing or using a streaming plug in.

But you can keep asking...

acey

ok , as you know when you refresh a page , using a meta tag it flickers its not so clean approach

tho if i used maybe a iframe and dhtml , you wouldnt actually see the refresh happening ..

i thought tho maybe there would be some other approach

acey

okie , i guess i will stick to meta , dhtml i would have compatability issues

BuzzLY

If you need something like this, why don't you use ActiveX or Java? You wouldn't insist on building a house using a wrench for a hammer, would you? I mean... it's possible, but why not use the right tool for the job?