how to make my php page reload each 2 minutes using javascript?

Question

Every two minutes i want to check whether i received some message so want to reload my page every 2 minutes how to reload my php page using javascript

Answer 1

Quick and dirty:

setTimeout( function() {
    location.reload()
}, 120000);

Though I think there could possibly be a fancier way of doing this, this is just what I know though.