PHP - Text fading effect?

Question

Hey,

I've been researching all over for this, basically I have a table that displays "eco'texthere';' after posting the data.

How would I make the text fade in e.g. :

Table ---> User Send data using submit button ---> displays back message "rotating data" ---> Now text fades in saying "sucessfully sent". (Mostly using echo in PHP).

Will I need a timeout function and Jquery for this?

Answer 1

Yes, since this is a client-side effect I recommend you look into jQuery to do this, for example by using fadeIn

Answer 2

Yes - PHP is done executing by the time you're able to show the response to the user. You would want to take that PHP response (via AJAX), put it in a DOM element (like a div), and then animate that DOM element with jQuery once the AJAX call is complete.

Answer 3

you can use Mootools instead of jQuery:

http://mootools.net/docs/core/Fx/Fx.Tween

Answer 4

You'll want to import a jQuery library like the fellows above recommended... Then you have something like:

$.get("yourphpscript.php",function(response){
    $("#somediv").html(response).fadeIn('slow');
});

The div #somediv should start out with display:none;.