retaining form inputs after refresh...

[alexander19]

I've added a shoutbox inside my pvp script,the pvp script refreshes every 5-6 seconds.
The problem is that everytime the script refreshes and a player is typing something in the shoutbox form...his text input values wont be saved after the refresh,which is pretty annoying.
Been googling for some help on this,but ended up with cold fusion hints...which I cant really use.
Anyone got some ideeas on how to save the input values when the page is refreshing?

[Chris]

Ouch. There are new methods to refreshing a page than the sounds of how you're doing it. The best method is called my little friend Ajax.

Ajax is an extension onto JavaScript which allows information to be sent to a server in the background so it can make reloads seem like they aren't happening

I'll write you a little tutorial. Bare with me.

The link will be here:
http://indie-resource.com/forums/viewto ... =26&t=2253

[Jackolantern]

Ahhh, yes, it sounds like you have created a "polling" method in PHP and possibly a bit of Javascript. "Polling" means you keep re-checking the server to see if any updates are there, on a timer. Polling works horribly for PHP, for the exact reason you are seeing now. It is jarring to the user (it can even scare some less experienced users who think they have a virus), and it empties fields without some pretty annoying form retention techniques.

Definitely check out AJAX for something like this, and Chris is a very skilled person to learn it from