on my database i am planning to create a table storing messages to alert users of anything they need to do.

i am looking at using a jQuery growl like notification method but im confused at how i would begin building it.

the data would be added into the database using the standard MYSQL insert method from a form but how would i select messages from the database to display using the jQuery growl.

would this require the use of ajax?

this is the javascript code i have so far, i was wondering how i would implement the php code alongside it so that i can pull out data from my tables to display as notifications:

        <script type="text/javascript"> 

    // In case you don't have firebug...
    if (!window.console || !console.firebug) {
        var names = ["log", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "assert", "dir", "dirxml", "group", "groupEnd", "time", "timeEnd", "count", "trace", "profile", "profileEnd"];
        window.console = {};
        for (var i = 0; i < names.length; ++i) window.console[names[i]] = function() {};
    }

    (function($){

        $(document).ready(function(){

            // This specifies how many messages can be pooled out at any given time.
            // If there are more notifications raised then the pool, the others are
            // placed into queue and rendered after the other have disapeared.
            $.jGrowl.defaults.pool = 5;

            var i = 1;
            var y = 1;

            setInterval( function() {
                if ( i < 3 ) {
                    $.jGrowl("Message " + i, {
                        sticky:         true,
                        log:            function() {
                            console.log("Creating message " + i + "...");
                        },
                        beforeOpen:     function() {
                            console.log("Rendering message " + y + "...");
                            y++;
                        }
                    });
                }

                i++;
            } , 1000 );

        });
    })(jQuery);

    </script>                     
                <p>

thanking you in advance and God bless