I got this code from a website which I have modified to my needs:
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<div id="links">
</div>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var timeout = setTimeout(reloadChat, 5000);
function reloadChat () {
$('#links').load('test.php #links',function () {
        $(this).unwrap();
        timeout = setTimeout(reloadChat, 5000);
});
}
</script>
In test.php:
<?php echo 'test'; ?>
So I want test.php to be called every 5 seconds in links div. How can I do this right?
Try this out.
function loadlink(){
    $('#links').load('test.php',function () {
         $(this).unwrap();
    });
}
loadlink(); // This will run on page load
setInterval(function(){
    loadlink() // this will run after every 5 seconds
}, 5000);
Hope this helps.
Try using setInterval and include jquery library and just try removing unwrap()
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var timeout = setInterval(reloadChat, 5000);    
function reloadChat () {
     $('#links').load('test.php');
}
</script>
UPDATE
you are using a jquery old version so include the latest jquery version
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
                        Try to not use setInterval.
 You can resend request to server after successful response with timeout.
jQuery:
sendRequest(); //call function
function sendRequest(){
    $.ajax({
        url: "test.php",
        success: 
        function(result){
            $('#links').text(result); //insert text of test.php into your div
            setTimeout(function(){
                sendRequest(); //this will send request again and again;
            }, 5000);
        }
    });
}
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