Drupal Refresh

This module adds possibility to refresh or redirect the site after certain number of seconds specified in the 'refresh' parameter ($_GET['refresh']).

Usage

When you attempt the URL with 'refresh' parameter, the site will be refreshed automatically after default number of seconds. If you want to refresh the site after specific number of seconds you can specify them in the refresh parameter. When you add 'destination' parameter, the site will be redirected to that destination after the specified number of seconds.

E.g.

• An URL http://domain.com/?refresh will just refresh the page after default number of seconds,
• an URL http://domain.com/?destination=node&refresh=5 will redirect user to http://domain.com/node after 5 seconds,
• an URL http://domain.com/?destination=sites/default/files/terms.pdf&refresh=5 will start downloading the terms.pdf in 5 seconds.

When you call drupal_refresh() directly in the code the rendered page will be refreshed after default number of seconds. When you call
drupal_refresh(5, 'node') the site will be redirected to http://domain.com/node after 5 seconds.

API

drupal_refresh($seconds = 0, $path = '', $options = array())

Companion of drupal_goto(). Refresh site (using a meta refresh tag) with configurable number of seconds. Similar to drupal_goto() but waits for some number of seconds before redirect.

drupal_refresh_get_destination($seconds = 0)

Companion of drupal_get_destination(). Prepares a 'destination' and 'refresh' URL query parameters for use in combination with drupal_refresh() (see drupal_refresh_init()).

By default the current URL is returned. If a destination exists in the previous request, that destination is returned. As such, a destination can persist across multiple pages.

Similar modules

• Refresh - However this module is strongly oriented towards refreshing the node pages ony.

Credits

Developed by Ants at Atomic Ant Ltd.