Lo de mostrar esa informacion.. lo puedes hacer en PHP o con Javascript... como quieras.
OJO no se recomienda el uso de META REFRESH: "Use of
meta refresh is discouraged by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), since unexpected refresh can disorient users.[1] Meta refresh also impairs the web browser's "back" button in some browsers (including Internet Explorer 6 and before), although most modern browsers compensate for this "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh