Sending a http body

Hi, I am a bit of a newby in php, so I hope the group my forgive me, if I ask a question answered before. The presumtion: php is first evaluating the complete script, before sending anything back to the browser. The situation: I have got a script, which retrieves data very slowly, and causes the browser to timeout (worst case). Is it possible, to send the elements, so far outputed, to the browser, and use that as keep alive, i.e. give the user already something to see:-) And, of course, do that regular, out of my data retrieval loop. Thanks, Roland -- Roland Welker PHP Developer MMS Graphics 6 Tyock Ind. Est Elgin, Moray IV30 1XY