How to Ajax auto refresh after x seconds

Use of setInterval function

just alert “Naru” to test this function


setInterval( "alert('Hello Naru')", 5000 );  ///////// 5 seconds

Example : With jquery,update div contents after 5 seconds


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript">
setInterval( "SANAjax();", 5000 );  ///////// 10 seconds

$(function() {
SANAjax = function(){

$('selector').prepend("Hi This is auto refresh example for you - w3cgallery.com <br><br>").fadeIn("slow");

}
 });
</script>

DEMO