Ahh..I see how it works..well a better idea anyway. How that talks with the PHP. At my site that I posted above..how would something like that work? set up an event? Because I want each drag sequence to show on the page and keep it updated along with adding words, etc.
Thank you - http://pastie.caboo.se/136398 Seeing that example was a help thank you! Ryan IGNORE THAT LAST MESSAGE, I got it :) On Jan 6, 10:01 pm, "Morgan Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A simple way to do this in PHP is using a loop to wait for an event, and > return if and when it does. Otherwise the connection times out, and the > client (web browser using XMLHttpRequest) reconnects. A really simple > demonstration can be seen by just doing an ajax request to a php script that > sleep()'s. Here is an example. > > <?php > if($_REQUEST['wait']) > { > sleep($_REQUEST['wait']); > echo time(); > die(); > } > ?> > <html> > <head> > <script src="/js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> > <script> > jQuery(function() > { > $('input#hurumph').click(function() > { > $.ajax( > { > url: 'index.php?wait=' + $('#in').val(), > success: function(sReturn) > { > $('span#time').html(sReturn); > } > }); > }); > }); > </script> > </head> > > <body> > What time is it in <input id="in"/> seconds <input > type="button" value="?" id="hurumph"/> > <br/> > ?: <span id="time"/> > </body> > </html> > > Just takes a simple input and wait the given amount of time. You can see > from this that you could easily wait for any other sort of event. Like > another user making and update. At that the point the connection get closed, > and the client just restarts it. > > On Jan 6, 2008 3:56 PM, coughlinsmyalias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey all, i have been researching googling and many other ways to try > > to find out how to make my site as close to "live" as I can. > > > I read this by John:http://ejohn.org/blog/streaming-http-server-push/ > > but am still kind of confused. My site is: > > >http://rksdesignstudios.com/magnet/ > > > - Drag a word > > - Add a word > > - Delete > > > And many features to come, etc. I want to make it like you can seeo > > ther changes being made..stuff being dragged, any idea how to do this? > > I have been STUMPED on this. > > > Thanks! > > Ryan > > --http://morglog.alleycatracing.com > Lets make up more accronyms! > > http://www.alleycatracing.com > LTABOTIIOFR! ROFL! ROFL! ROFL! > Upcoming alley cats, reviews, touring logs, and a general congregation of > bike nerdity.
