Set Javascript time with php server time?

Question

I have a situation where I want the server time to be displayed on a web page. At present I keep it simple and just do this

<?php 
$CTIME=date ("g:i a");
?>

This works great- except I would prefer it if it updated by itself without the need to refresh the page. I was thinking perhaps there is a way I can set the javascript time function with the time from a php script- but I've got no idea as to how I could go about doing this.

Perhaps I'm thinking about this wrong... maybe there is another solutions I'm not thinking of, Any ideas ??

Answer 1

Here is a jQuery plugin for displaying a clock:

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jqClock

Just initialize it using the time coming back from the server. It automatically updates every second on the client side.