jquery auto refresh script problem

Question

hey guys

i wrote myself a block of jquery codes to auto refresh a div

just want it to reload every 10 seconds . but problem is after the time i specified in my code script going crazy reload every second

    <script>
var auto_refresh = setInterval(function(){
    $(\'#showDIV\').slideUp(\'300\').load(\'movies.php\').slideDown(500);},10000);
    </script>

Answer 1

I think you have to use setTimeout() and not setInterval()

read the difference between the two here.