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Asked: 2026-06-16T22:08:47+00:00

I have a PHP script that takes around 1 minute 20 seconds to load

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I have a PHP script that takes around 1 minute 20 seconds to load as it fetches data from other websites. However I need some way to show the user that the page is loading. Something like ‘This page is loading and may take up to 2 minutes’ with a .gif loading images.

I have tried jquery:

    <html>
    <head>
        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
    </head>

    <body>
    <script>
      // Put an animated GIF image insight of content
      $("#content").empty().html('<img src="http://www.website.com/images/loading.gif" />');

      // Make AJAX call
      $("#content").load("http://website.com/page.php")
      </script>

<div id="content">
Content to load here!
</div>

    </body>
    </html>

But the page is blank (don’t know if i’m implementing something wrong).

Is there any other way of doing so?

I have looked at other questions but can’t find anything that matches what I need, that I can get to work.

Thanks,

Jack.

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  1. Editorial Team

    you got the script tags wrong. you need to close the script with the src call, and open a new one for the actual code

    Also, you need to load the DOM before using JQuery to fetch objects. You can use $(document).ready() or place your script after the DOM element.

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