There's a nice, simple intro to ajax here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=112198633625636&w=2 "pete" <petekin74@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43F391D3.1000408@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ello all, Im a beginner at php. but I was able to get this script to work. > > Now I am looking to have it automatically refresh itself using ajax every > 10 seconds. > > Can somebody explain or show me how to do this. > > Thank you. > > PHP Code: > | | |<?php > > $httpfile = > file_get_contents('http://www.game-monitor.com/client/buddyList.php?uid=8654&listid=0&xml=1'); > > > > $doc = DOMDocument::loadXML($httpfile); > > > > $myBuddyNodes = $doc->getElementsByTagName('buddy'); > > > > /////not neccessary, but im using it > > $nameStatusDoc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'iso-8859-1'); > > $rootElement = $nameStatusDoc->createElement('PetesList'); > > $rootElement = $nameStatusDoc->appendChild($rootElement); > > ///////// > > > > echo "<table border = '0' cellpadding= '2' > bgcolor='#616042'>\n<thead><tr><th></th><th></th><tr></thead>\n"; > > foreach ($myBuddyNodes as $node) > > { > > echo "<tr>"; > > echo "<td><font > size='-1'>".$node->firstChild->nextSibling->nodeValue."</font></td>"; > > if($node->firstChild->nextSibling->nextSibling->nextSibling->nodeValue > == "Online") | -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php