7 replies to this topic

[welton122]

hi all,

okay basically i am in need of refreshing a page from a different page.

For example, i click a link on page 1 which take me to page 2, then the first thing page 2 does is refresh page 1.

Is this possible and if yes, how can it be achieved?

Many Thanks,
J

[DEViANT]

Why would you want to do that?

[welton122]

because when the user clicks on a link, page 1 changes its content but the user cant see it as it hasn't refreshed

This perfectly describes what i am after:

"The "main page" will open a remote page where the user will add/edit/modify
data then on the confirmation page, there needs to be a close button.
However, before the window is closed, I want it to reload the "main window"
so that they can see the changes they made."

Reference: Remote Refresh Main then Close - JavaScript / Ajax / DHTML answers

[John]

So "page 2" is a popup window?

[welton122]

Yes page 2 is a pop up window, is it possible to do what I am after?

[Alexander]

I assume a simple AJAX request on page 1 speaking to a serverside script every X seconds. If the serverside script finds the database or file or whatever is changed, then update the page.

[welton122]

How do i do that?

[Alexander]

AJAX Tutorial , just write the PHP script to echo the contents of the page from database. You can use JS's setTimout() function or whatever to update the page each second.

Alternatively you can use a meta redirect, creating an infinite loop on the same page each 10 seconds, which will refresh the new contents when page 2 is done editing.