RE: [PHP-DB] Dynamic Website Question!

Hi, I am not familiar with DHTML and how it can be used to talk to PHP to update a certain part of a page. That is all I need, is one section of the page, not the entire page, to be refreshed. The part is just text from a database. However on the page I want backgrounds, images etc but I don't want these to refresh, just the text from the database. What you have said below seems exactly what I want. But I have never used DHTML. Could you show me a example of both frames (just the source) of how one talks to another please? Jerry --- Bronislav Klucka <Bronislav.Klucka@pro2-soft.com> wrote: > > I want to have a PHP website that feeds > information > > off a mysql database. But generally changes > occour > > and instead of asking users to refresh the page to > get > > the updates is there a way to provide the updates > > without them needing to refresh the page? > > > > E.G. For like shooping Carts, Chat rooms, etc... > > > > Is there a way in PHP or something to make updates > > show up live as they happen instead of the yucky > meta > > refresh tag in HTML? > > > > Thanks for your time in advance. > > I'm sorry, I always dissapoint you, but what ever > you want to send to > browser must be demend by the browser. I mean you > can tell browser to reload > part of the page, browser has to ask for it, you can > send more information > to the browser and then use DHTML to provide the > showing, or hiding... > > There is only one way how to do, what you want (but > it always ask the > server, only user will not see reloading). The way > is to have 2 frames: 1st > for showing the content and the second to refresh > every 1 min. (or as you > want), receive informations and using DHTML change > the content of the first > frame, the secomd frame could be at the bootom of > the browser, 1pixel > height, to be "invisible" > > > > Brona > http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.