Re: Refreshing php page every 5 secs WHILE SAVING INFORMATION

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Richie wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a php page that I need to be rereshed every 5 seconds to make sure
> that the information displayed is up to date. I tried the Refresh Meta
> tag :
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT=5>

>
> which worked OK (in Explorer, not in Netscape?? but thats another issue!)

<meta HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="5;URL=index.php">

I think netscape requires the URL part.

> BUT it doesn't work properly to my needs. You see suppose the page that I
> want refreshed is called bidForHouse.php, well bid.php contains a <FORM>
> which passes in a variable $id to bidForHouse.php, it works grand the
> first time it loads up, i.e. it has obtained what the value of $id is and
> can act accordingly but when the refresh comes into operation it is like
> the value of $id got lost and is set to null, thats my problem!
>
> Any ideas on how to save the value of $id before refreshing?

Pass it on the command line. Take this part of the above refresh line:

URL=index.php

and make it

URL=index.php?$id

And look for $argv[0] at the top of the script.

Vince.
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