I would like to create a PHP page which accepts an arguement like so:

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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T12:25:47+00:00 2026-05-24T12:25:47+00:00

I would like to create a PHP page which accepts an arguement like so:

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I would like to create a PHP page which accepts an arguement like so:

http://localhost/page.php?topic=Foo

and then pulls data from an SQL Database where topic=Foo but then automatically checks for new data every 10 seconds and refreshes a DIV tag using Ajax. I’ve tried and nothing works. Any help?

EDIT: here is the code I’ve used:

<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script>
 ext = <?php $_GET[feedtitle] ?>
 $(document).ready(function() {
     $("#responsecontainer").load("response.php?ext=" + ext);
   var refreshId = setInterval(function() {
         $("#responsecontainer").load('response.php?ext=' + ext);
   }, 9000);
   $.ajaxSetup({ cache: false });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="responsecontainer">
</div>
</body>

EDIT: I can do the SQL bit, it’s just the getting the arguement to the response.php im having issues with.

EDIT: I have new code, but its still not working:

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

function gup( name )
{  name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
  var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
  var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
  if( results == null ) 
   return ""; 
 else    
   return results[1];
}

var feed = gup('f');

$(document).ready(function() { 
$("#responsecontainer").load("response.php?ext=" + feed); 
var refreshId = setInterval(function() { $("#responsecontainer").load('response.php?    ext=' + feed); }, 9000); 
$.ajaxSetup({ cache: false }); 
}); 
</script> 
</head> 
<body> 

<div id="responsecontainer"> 
</div> 
</body>