Question

I use jQuery ajax to refresh a div every 2 seconds.

How to stop this refresh after 60 seconds (example, if user is inactive) ?

setInterval(function() {
  $.ajax({
    url: "feeds.php",
    cache: false
  }).done(function( html ) {
  $('#feeds').replaceWith('<div id="feeds">'+html+'</div>');
   });
}, 2000);

Thank you !

Answer 1

Assign the setInterval handle to a variable, which you will use to clear it after 60 seconds.

var interval = setInterval(function(){ ... }, 2000);

// start a 60 second timer
setTimeout(function(){ window.clearInterval(interval); }, 60000);