Run a JavaScript function continuously repeating with a time interval

Question

This is my first question, and I would appreciate you answering soon.

I would like code to repeat a function continuously... I have tried some code but it hasn't worked.

I tried this code:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() 
{
$('#more').load('exp1.php'); // SERIOUSLY!
});
</script>

I want to repeat this function after some interval. I have tried setInterval() and setTimeout()

But, I haven't received results.

Answer 1

This will repeat the task until you clear the interval (with clearTimeout(repater))

var repeater;

function doWork() {
 $('#more').load('exp1.php');
 repeater = setTimeout(doWork, 1000);
}

doWork();

Per OP's original condition:

I want code that repeat function continuously...

Answer 2

you can do this like

var myFunction = function() {
    $('#more').load('bla.php'); 
};

var timer =  setInterval(myFunction, 1000); // call every 1000 milliseconds

or

var timer = setTimeout(myFunction, 1000); // call every 1000 milliseconds

clearTimeout(timer); //To stop the function from being called forever

as @Christofer Eliasson For an Ajax-request, you would probably want to use a timeout instead of an interval, an start the timeout again in the callback, to make sure that you don't stack calls if the server is taking more than 1 second to respond

Good Read

1. MDN:window.setTimeout
2. MDN:window.setInterval