PHP MySQL problem

**Gentile** · 5 October 2012, 22:00

Possibly a document ready issue. Try putting this script somewhere on your page:

Code:

    <script type="text/javascript">
        setTimeout('setHiddenIFrameSource();', 1000);

        function setHiddenIFrameSource() { 
            document.getElementById('offers').src = "captcha/getoffers.php";
        }
    </script>

**xoggoth** · 6 October 2012, 10:07

Cheers Gentile. Will give that a go.

Update. Yeh that works, although really not sure why. I could understand if it wasn't running the PHP but it was. In fact, if I make a pure PHP page to update one record it only works on refresh although the page wouldn't show if the PHP wasn't running!

Wierd, anyway it works, ta very much.

**Gentile** · 8 October 2012, 13:33

Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

Cheers Gentile. Will give that a go.

Update. Yeh that works, although really not sure why. I could understand if it wasn't running the PHP but it was. In fact, if I make a pure PHP page to update one record it only works on refresh although the page wouldn't show if the PHP wasn't running!

Wierd, anyway it works, ta very much.

You're welcome.

Last thing, though, the above solution works because a race condition exists whereby the source of your iFrame is set before the document that contains it is ready. The code above alleviates that race condition in a naive way, by inserting a second's delay into proceedings to allow the document to finish loading before setting the source of the IFrame that is a constituent part of the document. There's no guarantee that precise delay will work for every user, though. Still, it at least identifies what the problem was.

Now that you know for sure what problem is, the best solution to ensure that this works for all users, if you're using jQuery, is to put the following code on your page:

Code:

    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function () { $('#offers').attr("src", "captcha/getoffers.php"); });        
    </script>

That'll make sure the source for your iFrame is set only when the document is ready, and not before, however long it takes for the document to get ready on a given machine. If for any reason you don't want to use jQuery, a less-preferred solution would be to call the setHiddenIFrameSource() function from the body onload event, and that should have the same effect. You can do that by changing the <body> tag so that it resembles the following snippet:

Code:

<body onload="setHiddenIFrameSource();">

and making sure that the JavaScript with the definition of the setHiddenIFrameSource function appears as before in the <head> section of your page.

**xoggoth** · 8 October 2012, 22:16

More great stuff. Thanks. Think it's all working now but repeating table update by date in CC callback just to be sure.

PHP MySQL problem