Re: session_start function breaks flush function in 4.2.1

Flush is not reliable to do what is supposed for different reasons explained in http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php If you want to omit session_start you could substitude it with $_SESSION['whatever_name'] = 'myvqlue'; Note: Do not use global $_SESSION regads Ivo "Chris Andrew" <candrew@oxspring.com> wrote in message news:NEBBLPCHOJBHFGNFCLNNKEKBKIAA.candrew@oxspring.com... > I use a script which initially sends a friendly message to a browser, and > then goes about some lengthy processing. The browser is IE and I am aware of > the 256 byte issue. > > The script worked nicely in php.4.1.1 but since installing 4.2.1, the flush > function doesn't do its job. However, it works if I ommit session_start() ? > > Can anyone give me any pointers? > > Thanks - Chris > > >