# Refresh File Manually

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579>\
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**Created:** [November 15, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579 "2003-11-15T17:38:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/1 "2003-11-15T17:38:23Z")

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I have this PHP code that writes to a text file, then Flash prints out the vars. How would I make the file refresh manually every second? This’ll help a looot!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/2 "2003-11-15T17:41:37Z")

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[AS]function loadStuff(){  
//do what you want here  
}  
myInterval = setInterval(loadStuff, 1000);[/AS]

loadStuff is the function that will contain the code to los your information

myInterval is a setInterval that will run the loadStuff function every 1000 milliseconds (1 second)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/3 "2003-11-15T18:03:18Z")

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Uhh, this is kinda confusing. I mean, Yeldarb told me to use setInterval, ok. Now, load stuff is a function…got it. But, What do you mean, do what you want here? How would flash know where to load the vars from? What about bandwidth? Will this effect BW?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/4 "2003-11-15T18:08:43Z")

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the // is a comment, you put your code to load the stuff there

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/5 "2003-11-15T18:11:51Z")

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Ah ok. So would this work:

```auto
function loadVars() {
       loadVariablesNum("file.php", 0);
}
// Run this function every 2 secs. 1000 = 1 second.
myInterval = setInterval(loadVars, 2000);

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/6 "2003-11-15T18:13:55Z")

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i’m not familiar with loadVariablesNum, but if that was the only code you were using to refresh it, then yes, but you may want to have it update where it displays the text as well

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/7 "2003-11-15T18:44:25Z")

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What do u mean by ‘displays the text as well’?

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/8 "2003-11-15T18:56:05Z")

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in the dynamic textbox

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/9 "2003-11-15T19:05:27Z")

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That’s what I’m doing. This thing is for shoutbox kind of thing. Since my code is:

```auto
function loadVars() {
        loadVariablesNum("file.php", 0);
}
// Run this function every 2 secs. 1000 = 1 second.
myInterval = setInterval(loadVars, 2000);

```

- Does this mean that it’ll load the variables from file.php every 2 seconds?

- BTW, My bad, I meant refresh automatically.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/refresh-file-manually/35579/10 "2003-11-15T21:21:49Z")

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yes, it does