Question

Ok, so I do search like in google, you type text in input and it gives you entries instantly. But I don’t like that. I use something like that $("TEXTINPUT").keyup(function() {. When the user types very fast, it connects to database many times. Is it possible, that we would connect to PHP file only when user stops typing for 1-2 seconds, but not instantly? I need to do that in jQuery. Thanks.

Answer 1

Try :

var time_out;
$("TEXTINPUT").keyup(function(){
    clearTimeout(time_out);
    time_out = setTimeout(your_function, 500);
}

function your_function()
{
    /*CHECK DATABASE*/
}