Reading and displaying server file content for users onlince

[kpg]

Hi Folks,

I hope someone can help me out with this:

I would like to display the number of users online on a web site.

A php script runs every 5 minutes and screens the logfile. It then writes the number of users online (different IPs) to a file.

Now the page displayed is static html. How can I utilize javascript to read the number from the file and display it somewhere on the page?

Thanks,

Klaus

[Markdidj]

with ie you could use the document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]="newVariable.js" method, just create a logedNumber variable in an external JS file

or for ie and ns you could save it as a XML file, which then can be checked every few seconds

cross browser you could use frames or iframes, then get these to refresh at set intervals

[kpg]

Markdidj

thanks for your suggestions.

I solved the problem using SSI. A very simple way to display the files content.

Thanks,

Klaus