how to call a function in PHP after 10 seconds of the page load (Not using HTML)

Question

Is there any way to call a function 10 seconds after the page load in PHP. (Not using HTML.)

Answer 1

PHP is a server side scripting language. If you need to check if something has loaded already in the client side, you will need a client-side scripting language like JavaScript.

You might need to use jQuery for your purpose to simplify things.

jQuery is a slow JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

First, download jQuery. In the head tag of your HTML, add this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>          
<script type="text/javascript">

// Check if the page has loaded completely                                         
$(document).ready( function() { 
    setTimeout( function() { 
        $('#some_id').load('index.php'); 
    }, 10000); 
}); 
</script> 

In the body of your HTML, add this:

<div id="some_id"></div>

Answer 2

This code works. Edited from randell's answer.

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>          
<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function()
  {
    setTimeout(function()    {   $('#some_id').load('index.php');    }, 10000);
  });
</script>  

Thanks to randell