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I don't know how to change the icon when I get a new private message on my forum (vbulletin)

I started to build an a app for my forum that works on vBulletin 4.2, but I don't know what to do when I get a new private message. I thought to write in the background.html file:

<html><head></head><body>
<script src="http://MYDOMAIN.com/chrome.php"></script>
</body></html>

I write an a PHP file because is the only way I know how to do that this code will change every time when I get an a new private message:

function updateIcon() { chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path:"icon.png"}); } updateIcon();

(I made that after the word icon will be write the number of the new private messages), But it doesn't work. What can I do?

Solution

  • I would think you need to use a JavaScript script instead of a PHP script.

    There's another question on SO that might be helpful to you, as it also discusses changing the icons from a JavaScript file:

    Calling chrome.browserAction.setIcon from content script the way it is done in background script