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Asked: 2026-06-10T12:27:41+00:00

I am storing a number in a MySql Database Table, specifically a row called

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I am storing a number in a MySql Database Table, specifically a row called “open” whose field is an integer value that nearly continuously changes. I want to be able to continuously pull this value and display it on the frontend HTML page and put it in a table, called something like “live values”. I want the numbers on the frontend to change without need for page refresh and I am trying to figure out how/if I can do this.

Is it possible to pull the value of the data to the frontend, using PHP, asynchronously?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to program a little bit of JavaScript in the HTML itself, which will periodically poll a PHP page. This PHP page should access the MySQL DB, retrieve the number, and send it back.

    Here’s Google AJAX tutorial which might help you: http://code.google.com/edu/ajax/tutorials/ajax-tutorial.html

    Simpler PHP + AJAX examples:

    http://simpletutorials.com/?path=tutorials/javascript/simple_ajax

    http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_database.asp

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