Question

I’m trying to use setTimeout. I want it to execute every five seconds but not immediately when setTimeout is called. I can’t get it to work:

firsttime = true;
window.setTimeout(function () {
    if (!firsttime) {
        window.location.reload();
    }
    firsttime = false;
}, 5 * 1000);

Answer 1

setTimeout only runs once.

setInterval runs every X milliseconds.

firsttime = true;
window.setInterval(function () {
    if (!firsttime) {
        window.location.reload();
    }
    firsttime = false;
}, 5 * 1000);