Jquery issue with passing function click to function

Question

I would like to push data from mysql db to div every x seconds.

at window.setTimeout(update, 60000); - how to pass in the btnStart.click function into it again??? Not too sure about the syntax for passing in function call.

Here's the code for reference

$('#btnStart').click(function() {

$.ajax({

    url: "ajax.php",

    type: "POST",

    data: 'id=6',

    timeout: 15000,

    beforeSend: function(){ 

    },

    error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        $("#userstatus").html('Timeout contacting server..');
           window.setTimeout(update, 60000);
    },

    success:  function(output) {                            
        output= jQuery.trim(output);
        $('#userstatus').html(output);

        window.setTimeout(update, 10000);
    },

    complete: function(){

    }

});

<div id="userstatus"></div>

<input type="button" id="btnStart" value="start now">

Answer 1

window.setTimeout(function(){update();}, 10000);

function update()
{
    $("#btnStart").trigger("click");
}

or you can wrap your ajax call inside another function and invoke that function in the button click and settimeout methods.

Answer 2

This will trigger a button click every second:

window.setInterval(function() {
    $('#btnStart').trigger('click');
}, 1000);

Answer 3

window.setTimeout(function(){$('#btnStart').click();}, 60000);