Re: sleep function
| From: | James Williams | Date: | Thu, 12 May 2005 22:39:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: sleep function | ||
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On 5/12/05, virtualsoftware@gmail.com <virtualsoftware@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to create a script that displays all names from a database once per second.
> A part of the script look like this.
>
> for ($i=0; $i<$total_names; $i++)
> {
> echo "name<br>";
> sleep (1);
> }
>
> The scipt works fine but it displays all names at once. I want to display the first name, then
> refresh the browser and display the first name and the second, then the first name, the second and
> the third ....and so on.
> Can someone please tell me how can i do this?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help !!!
>
>
You're gonna have to use output buffering... I have never used it so
I'm no expert, but I figured I could point you in the right direction.
http://ca3.php.net/outcontrol
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