What are the limitations of using the meta refresh tag for automatic updates in PHP scripts?
Using the meta refresh tag for automatic updates in PHP scripts has limitations such as not being able to control the timing of the refresh and not being able to pass any parameters to the script. To solve this issue, we can use PHP header() function to send HTTP headers to control the timing of the refresh and pass parameters to the script.
<?php
// Set the refresh time to 5 seconds
header("Refresh: 5; URL=your_script.php?param1=value1&param2=value2");
?>
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