odd bug setTimeout

function timeout(x){
document.getElementById(x).innerHTML="processing";
setTimeout(document.getElementById(x).innerHTML="done",5000);
}

Code (markup):

I've written this function, it should work fine, but there's a small problem, the setTimeout goes instantly. Instead of showing processing then after 5 seconds to show done, it directly displays done. Anyone knows how to fix this kind of problem?

 

not tested but...

var beingDone, doneMessage = function(), {
    beingDone.innerHTML = 'done';
}, timeout = function(x) {
    beingDone = document.getElementById(x);
    beingDone.innerHTML = "processing";
    setTimeout(doneMessage, 5000);
};

timeout("mydiv"); // call it.

PHP:

you _should_ also be able to modify what you wrote in a way that works by using " " around code that it needs to evaluate but escaped it well for strings slashes etc.

 

function timeout(x)
{
	document.getElementById(x).innerHTML = "processing";
	setTimeout(function(){
		document.getElementById(x).innerHTML = "done";
	}, 5000);
}

Code (markup):

 

thank you, it works great.