.load a php page every 3 seconds with jquery

Question

Right now I have this jquery:

$(".updatetwo").click(function () {
$('div.result').load('permissions.php);
});

I wanted to know, how could I .load the php every 3 seconds instead of on click?

Answer 1

var handler= window.setInterval(function(){
    jQuery('div.result').load('permissions.php');
},3000);

if you plan to stop loading data, you can clear the handler

window.clearInterval(handler);

--

window.setInterval(code,delay) , setInterval executes any code after mentioned delay in milliseconds.

Answer 2

Try this

setInterval(function(){
    $('div.result').load('permissions.php');
},3000);

Answer 3

setInterval(function () {
    $('div.result').load('permissions.php');
}, 3000);

Answer 4

An alternative to using setInterval , is using setTimeout in a tail recursive fashion. This way, your function will be called approximately ^* 3000 ms after the previous call.

(function loadPermissions() {
    jQuery('div.result').load('permissions.php');
    setTimeout(loadPermissions, 3000);
})();

^* I say approximately, since neither setInterval or setTimeout are an exact science. The delay will be as close as possible to the set delay, but because the browser takes care of drawing and executing scripts in a blocking fashion, you can't set your clock based on this.