need script to delay to execution of a page include until page fully loaded

I have a PHP included page that takes quite a time to load. I would like to have the entire main page loaded and displayed and then the final include page executed.

Is this possible?

Thanks for your help - appreciate it.

Are you sure you are talking about javascript? Javascript is client side, and there for has no way of knowing when a server-side script has finished executing.

You MAY be referring to the JS "onLoad" event handler, which fires once a page has finished rendering in the browser.

Yes - an onload script is exactly what I could use. As long as it happens after everything else has loaded.

How could I write an onload script to call an included page?

Thanks!

What do you mean by "included page"?

Thanks for your quick response. I actually would like to call an included PHP page. It pulls some content from another site to display on the page. It is a bit slow to process so I want the delay to happen after the rest of the site is loaded.

I have a feeling you are getting confused between client-side and server-side.

Javascript is client side. Include files can only be used in SERVER-side language like PHP, ASP.

You can call pages from Javascript (document.location.href='page.htm'), but I seriously doubt that this is what you are trying to achieve.

I think you need to look at your PHP code and maybe re-order the calls to your functions etc.