Still the problem (bug) with clients gone byebye

Pardon my message; it's late and I'm tired and frustrated. Okay .. here's the deal. This thing simply does not work. However, there are circumstances under which the script _does_ exit, I just can't tell what they are. This is the original script logic: while( 1 ) query database print new results Closing the connection leaves this script running indefinately. Exactly how long I'm not sure because after a day or two it brings the server to its knees. Here's my test script: <?php while( 1 ) print( "test" ); ?> This runs for about 30-60 seconds after the client closes the connection, then exits. There is some sort of limit that can be reached to force an exit, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I've also tried this: $rv = echo(); -- parse error $rv = print(); -- $rv is always (?) 1. I thought maybe I could get a 0 if the client was gone, but no such luck. I first used it in my test script and it did work, but I think now that it was simply timing out, just like the loop without an exit strategy. $rv = printf(); -- This is parseable, but $rv is always a null string. Return values are not discussed in the online manual, and I see now that the note I added to the print() function is inaccurate. Someone needs to delete it or modify PHP to act in the manner I described. Does anyone know what's going with this? Apache sees the error. Does Apache not tell PHP, or does PHP simply not care? Is there any way to tell if the client has disconnected? Somebody ... PLEEZE ... :( tia, Chris -- Oh My God! They Killed init! You Bastards!! make install; not war -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe send an empty message to php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For help: php-dev-help@lists.php.net