# Problem with setTimeout

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-settimeout/273923
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [October 22, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-settimeout/273923 "2008-10-22T16:07:57Z")
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### Author: ![NegroArg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@NegroArg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NegroArg)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-settimeout/273923/1 "2008-10-22T16:07:57Z")

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Hi, i need some help with a script i’m trying to make…  
I have a php code that gets information from a database, this code is inside a table so the information appears in one cell in particular.

I’m trying to make that cell appear with a delay and i was thinking in using a setTimeout funtion… the thing is that i have no idea on how to get the code done fot that particular cell…  
I have this:  
\<tr id=“armonicos”\>  
\<td width=“25%” valign=“top”\>\<table width=“100%” border=“0” cellpadding=“0” cellspacing=“0” class=“armonicos”\>  
\<caption align=“top”\>  
Predominantes  
\</caption\>  
\<tr\>  
\<td\>  
\<ul\>

HERE GOES MY PHP CODE

\</ul\>  
\</td\>  
\</tr\>  
\</table\>\</td\>

The information inside \<ul\> \</ul\> is what I need to delay… can anyone help me?

Thanks very much,

Miguel