March 27, 2012
show server time using php and jquery ajax
Question by Shrestha Sunil
I was trying to show the date and time of server using php and jquery ajax. following are the jquery script to show datetime
<script type= "text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.1.min.js"> </script>
<script type= "text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
function update() {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'datetime.php',
timeout: 1000,
success: function(data) {
$("#timer").html('');
window.setTimeout(update, 1000);
},
});
}
});
</script>
<div id="timer"> </div>
following are php script for datetime.php
<?php
$msg = date('d/m/Y h:i:s');
echo $msg;
?>
I don’t what is going wrong. It’s not showing output. Any help
Answer by Starx
You have almost got it. Just update this line
$("#timer").html(data);
Usage:
$(document).ready(function() {
function update() {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'datetime.php',
timeout: 1000,
success: function(data) {
$("#timer").html(data);
window.setTimeout(update, 1000);
},
});
}
update();
});
