I have a page where I have implemented a long polling function to check the timestamp of a record, so it will update if the data has been edited.
<script type="text/javascript">
var poll_url = 'http://mysite.com/poll/;
var my_ts = <?php $_SESSION['template_timestamp']; ?>;
(function poll(){
$.ajax({
url: poll_url,
type: 'post',
success: function(data){
if ((data.ts > 0) {
// check if expired
if (data.ts > my_ts) {
// it has expired, so reload the page
$("#dialog-message").html('Record has been edited.');
// show popup
$("#dialog-message").dialog({
modal: true,
buttons: {
Reload: function() {
$(this).dialog("close");
$('#pleaseWait').show();
window.location.href = '/records/overview';
}
}
});
}
} else {
// is still null
console.log('error');
}
},
dataType: "json",
complete: poll, timeout: 30000
});
})();
</script>
The problem I have is that there is also another action which invokes a JS ajax call, which when called I would like to force the long polling function to stop.
Is there a way to do this?