cvs: phpdoc /en/functions outcontrol.xml

jimw Mon Nov 5 16:10:40 2001 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/functions outcontrol.xml Log: fix ws, add note about internet explorer needing to see at least 256 bytes of content before rendering Index: phpdoc/en/functions/outcontrol.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/functions/outcontrol.xml:1.16 phpdoc/en/functions/outcontrol.xml:1.17 --- phpdoc/en/functions/outcontrol.xml:1.16 Fri Sep 21 18:47:45 2001 +++ phpdoc/en/functions/outcontrol.xml Mon Nov 5 16:10:40 2001 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ --> <reference id="ref.outcontrol"> <title>Output Control Functions</title> <titleabbrev>Output Control</titleabbrev> @@ -61,28 +61,34 @@ </funcsynopsis> <simpara> Flushes the output buffers of PHP and whatever backend PHP is - using (CGI, a web server, etc.) This effectively tries to push + using (CGI, a web server, etc). This effectively tries to push all the output so far to the user's browser. </simpara> - <note> - <para> - <function>flush</function> has no effect on the buffering - scheme of your webserver or the browser on the client - side. - </para> - <para> - Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer - the output from your script until it terminates before - transmitting the results to the browser. - </para> - <para> - Even the browser may buffer its input before displaying it. - Netscape, for example, buffers text until it receives an - end-of-line or the beginning of a tag, and it won't render - tables until the &lt;/table&gt; tag of the outermost table is - seen. - </para> - </note> + <note> + <para> + <function>flush</function> has no effect on the buffering + scheme of your webserver or the browser on the client + side. + </para> + <para> + Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer + the output from your script until it terminates before + transmitting the results to the browser. + </para> + <para> + Even the browser may buffer its input before displaying it. + Netscape, for example, buffers text until it receives an + end-of-line or the beginning of a tag, and it won't render + tables until the &lt;/table&gt; tag of the outermost table is + seen. + </para> + <para> + Some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer will only start to display + the page after they have received 256 bytes of output, so you may need to + send extra whitespace before flushing to get those browsers to display the + page. + </para> + </note> </refsect1> </refentry>