Timers

[bmdev]

Hello,

I want to use a timer to show some different images on a page. When the user closes the page will the timers go away or be left hanging out there?

When the page creates the timer, does the page use a timer on the server or on the client?

Thanks!!

 

[tviman]

The javascript is in the client and not on the server. When the page goes away, so does the timer.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you are talking about timers that are created with the setTimeout or setInterval commands, then:

- The timers will go away when the page is unloaded, and
- The timers are run purely client-side. There is no server-side interaction at all.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[tanderso]

If your code is

var timer = setTimeout("do_something()",x)

Then, just save "timer" in a cookie and read that cookie whenever you come back to the page.

Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

>> just save "timer" in a cookie and read that cookie whenever you come back to the page.

Tom,

This would do no good, as the timer is destroyed when the page is unloaded... Referring to an old handle will only cause errors.

Dan