title: Automatic notifications with javascript and php?
body: <p>I'm working on getting my javascript experience up a notch.
  I've got the basic Idea of what I want to do.</p>
  
  <p>I want to make an automated javascript that calls to a php page.</p>
  
  <p>This php page would generate an array with new notifications for it to display.</p>
  
  <p>Now I need a push into the right direction, maybe some existing script to start with.
  I've been digging arround in jquery and prototype for ajax solutions but don't get much further.</p>
  
  <p>My main questions:</p>
  
  <p><strong>How can I pull data from another page or file anyways?</strong></p>
  
  <p><strong>In what format should the data be supplied?</strong></p>
  
  <p><strong>Is there an existing script that I could start of?</strong></p>
  
  <p>Anyways, Thanks for your time!</p>