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Is it possible to create a auction site in PHP using AJAX to refresh the page once a user has entered a higher amount of money.
I can handle the PHP side of it okay but I was wondering if AJAX can really be used so that it refreshes often without putting a lot of strain on server resources?
I also plan to use JQuery to implement AJAX as this makes the job a whole lot easier. Anybody have any code examples that you think could be used?
Any help would be appreciated/
Thanks!
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var currentHighestBid=0;
setTimeOut(getHighestBid,5000); //5000ms wait before polling for a better price
function getHighestBid()
{
$.ajax(
url: url, // ur php end point,
type: "GET"
data: {} //json data if you want to send anything as a querystring parameter to your servre
dataType:"json"
success: function(response)
{
if(response.currentMaxBid>currentHighestBid)
{
currentHighestBid=response.currentMaxBid;
//code to update your markup
}
}
});
Hope that made sense..
Read abt json in php
Polling would work as "zzzz" mentioned. Comet (Push based instead of Polling) would be a nicer/better solution for this use case. However PHP is not really good at this with high traffic sites. Node.JS with Socket.IO would be a good solution for you :)