Forcing a Page to Reload

[The Wizard]

Hello:

I need a page to reload/refresh to update the information seen. I was thinking along the lines of the following -

template.php page

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


    if(isset($context['reloadPage']))
{
unset($context['reloadPage']);
//no outputting code above header
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Expires: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
}


and adding this in the

Subs.php page

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


$context['reloadPage'] = true;


So do you all think it will work, or is there a better way to make this happen.

thanks

Wiz

[The Wizard]

Well that did not work. Anybody have any ideas?

[IchBin™]

Javascript is the way to make the page refresh on a timer. setInterval() is the js function if I remember right.

[NIAB]

Use jQ Its handy.

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna

if(window.top==window) {
    // you're not in a frame so you reload the site
    window.setTimeout('location.reload()', 3000);

[The Craw]

Oddly enough, I immediately thought of setInterval as well, however it occurs to me that the function given is only going to execute once. Therefore the "interval" part is pretty much void. If it were me, I'd probably add this to Load.php

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


$context['html_headers'] .= '
<script type="text/javascript">
    window.onload = function() {
        // Number of seconds to wait before reloading.
        var timeOut = 5;

        setTimeout(function() {
            window.location.reload()
        }, timeOut * 1000);
    };
</script>';


[The Wizard]

Thanks

Wiz