Auto refresh included PHP file inside a DIV

Question

I have a file called messages.php which runs SQL queries to a database and displays results in a $res variable

My menu.php page I used

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Answer 1

This requires the jQuery library. It could be done in pure JS, but if you're a JS beginner I recommend using jQuery.

function reload_messages(){
    $.get("messages.php", function(data) {
        $("#id").html(data);
    });
}

You will then need to call reload_messages, for example:

reload messages

If you want to expand on the .get method, check out this page: https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.get/