Take a look at the JQuery javascript library, it is very simple and powerful and widely used JS library.
http://jquery.comIt has simple to use functions to perform ajax calls and process DOM using css like selectors.
HTH Tyler Littlefield wrote:
awesome. thanks. I'd rather skip the framework, but I'll learn how they work and implament that.Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:07 PM Subject: RE: web-dev questions with mysql, php, and othersSomeone else already answer #2.Tyler, for #1, lookup and learn, and then implement ajax. There are severalPHP ajax frameworks, and it will facilitate exactly what you want. It's easy to do ... It'll take you like a day, maybe two. Take care, Sina ________________________________ From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:51 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: web-dev questions with mysql, php, and others Hello list, I'm writing a little tiney bbs system, just for something to give a few people for an example on php. Basically what I want is to refresh somehow with the website so that thenewest posts will come up, without refreshing the whole page and making jawsgo crazy. How can this be achieved?Second, I have a list in a table with poster's id, and their post with a pid (post id) that is auto_increment. The oldest message will be the lower id, so I need a way to sort it out with the highest id being the top, so fromhighest to lowest.Is there a way to do this when I request it from mysql? or do I just have toreverse the selection when I use php.I'm not sure how big this will get, but I'd also like to limit it say to max id-20. so it'd show from 100 to 120, if 120 was the max id, etc, rather than sending back all messages in a query when it gets to the point where thereare hundreds in the system. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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