To Sleep, or not to sleep . . .

timstring

that is the question.

I have a web site that starts with a login screen. After the user enters his information, the form triggers a validation routine, which in turn launches another page. Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:

if ($EnteredPw == $StoredPw)
{
Display the user's information;
Pause for 5 seconds;
Clear the screen;
Launch the next page;
}

I have tried the "sleep()" and "usleep()" functions and they pause at the beginning of the page, instead of the end where I want it to be. How could something so simple be so much trouble? 😕

bradgrafelman

timstring;11015723 wrote:
How could something so simple be so much trouble? 😕

Because it sounds like you're doing it in the wrong language at the wrong end of the spectrum. What you're describing is client-side behavior, so to start with I'd expect you to be using a client-side language.

NogDog

At first glance, this would seem to be better handled on the client side via JavaScript, or else use PHP to send a http refresh header (via header()) and/or via a HTML meta tag.

timstring

I love this place!!! Put in a query and have two responses in the following 10 minutes.

Back to Google!

Weedpacket

Instead of relying on Google and ending up who-knows-where (keep Sturgeon's Law in mind), it pays to find a decent reference and get familiar that way. For JavaScript, for example, you'd want change the window's URL after a five-second Timeout.