#20447 [Com]: Register_shutdown_function - connection still open while registered shutdown...

ID: 20447 Comment by: firewire@itsyourdomain.com Reported By: richardz@omniture.com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: RedHat 7.2 PHP Version: 4.2.3 New Comment: I to have run across this problem. I was hoping to use a registered shutdown function to do some final fairly slow socket processing that the client didn't need to see. My test case is as follows: register_shutdown_function('sd'); function sd() { echo "I shouldn't be seen"; sleep(5); } Causes the browser to echo text then sleep for 5 seconds before completing the page. I also agree that the manual is incorrect. Is there another way to force php to close the output stream so slower non user related functions can be executed? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-11-15 10:32:35] richardz@omniture.com My problem is that the connection to the browser is still open while the registered shutdown functions are executing. The documentation says that from the registered shutdown functions you WON'T be able to echo or print or modify the contents of the buffer. I can... Example: using apache 1.3.27 php version 4.2.3 ////////////////////////////////////////////// <? function doThing(){ for($i=0;$i<100000;$i++){ //just looping to demonstrate that the page hangs while executing this function } echo "PHP documentation says I shouldn't see this in my browser"; } register_shutdown_function('doThing'); ?> <html> Test Page. <br><br> </html> //////////////////////////////////////////// I was hoping to register shutdown functions to do some cleanup - without affecting the load time of the site. Apparently these functions don't work that way? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20447&edit=1