<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Getting server updates</h1>
<div id="result"></div>
<script>
if(typeof(EventSource) !== "undefined") {
var source = new EventSource("demo_sse.php");
source.onmessage = function(event) {
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML += event.data + "<br>";
};
} else {
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = "Sorry, your browser does not support server-sent events...";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
>> demo_sse.php
<?php
header('Content-Type: text/event-stream');
header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
$time = date('r');
echo "data: The server time is: {$time}\n\n";
flush();
?>