hey just having fun, thought it would be cool to have a animated effect using php. like some steel doors opening
(im sure youve seen this before) by using the statement below to be used in a css position parameter. i have tried but fail to change the variable out in the same position, only echoing the full count or outside the loop it gives just the final. also failing to properly integrate the variable in the css. any thoughts ?

PHP How do I post PHP blocks?

<?php
$num = -950 ; while($num < 0 ) { usleep(200); ++$num; echo $num; }
?>

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<style>
#door { position: absolute; left: <?php echo $num; ?>px; }
</style>

I see what you're trying to do and would recommend you look into JavaScript to pull this off - more specifically the jQuery library.

http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page

lol i knew i would be told this. i was just giving it a try. i dont think the browser will render changing css so this is a dead project. but i have been up on css3 and with any luck it will be set in stone sooner then later. animations will be part of css3 and apple is actually at the forfront of this. very cool stuff.

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I see what you're trying to do and would recommend you look into JavaScript to pull this off - more specifically the jQuery library.

http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page

He is right, PHP renders a dynamic page, but once it is rendered it does nothing more. Using JQuery, you can have it auto-refresh the content without reloading the page itself -- just a component of that page which you can make more dynamic with PHP. But it is impossible to make the page itself "dynamic" in the sense of animations without reloads.

thx for the expanded explanation Danny. i think i could do it if i could fig out how to set and unset in quick succession using usleep or the other i cant remember off the top of my head for milliseconds. echoing a div in a loop. but so far i cannot get the int to replace the previous, only in seq like 123456 instead of 1 then 2 then 3 replaceing the lower with the higher.