connecting Javascript from a mysql database

[Joopy]

Hello i want to use javascript to show long long in minutes hours and seconds someone has left for something, however i have read i have to use ajax to do this to connect the javascript to the mysql database, is their any guides out there or any professionals willing to help me 🙂.

Thanks

[bretticus]

Just to clarify here...

Javascript doesn't connect to the database. Javascript (AJAX) connects to a page that renders the data via PHP code that connects to the database. AJAX then displays the results of the page.

You probably don't need AJAX for this though. You can easily get the time elapsed on the page load (you have to load the page at least once) and have javascript simply count up from there.

[Joopy]

how would i go aboutmaking it do that though.

[bretticus]

What have you tried thus far?

[Joopy]

i havent yet, i know how to do the time left in php but how would i go aobut making the javascript just count down from there?

[bretticus]

Joopy;10940289 wrote:

but how would i go aobut making the javascript just count down from there?

I don't know but I just googled "javascript clock" and found a lot of responses. Including this link.