Using AJAX / jQuery to refresh an image

Question

This is probably a simple question but I am stumped and just don\'t know where to start.

I have a PHP script (image_feed.php) that returns a URL to an image. Every t

Answer 1

You can. When you want to reload something, you can just append a search query, so that it refreshes the source.

For Eg., when there is a frequently changing image (say captcha) and you wanna load it again, without refreshing the browser, you can do this way:

Initial Code:

Refreshed Code:

The script used here would be just:

var d = new Date();
$('img').attr('src', $('img').attr('src') + '?_=' + d.getMilliseconds());

Hope this helps! :)