Re: Output text status on a long class

Dan, Try echo "some text"; ob_flush() <http://br2.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-flush.php>; *flush()* ; also take a look at the documentation at: http://br2.php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php Angelo 2008/10/14 Chrome <admin@chrome.me.uk> > Hi all > > I have a class that takes a while to run and am wanting to push some output > to the browser while it's doing its stuff. Is that possible? > > Here's what I'd like: > > Connecting to server... Done! > Retrieving categories... Done! > ... > > All I can get it to do is output all of the text at the end of the script > > A voice in my head says that outputting all of the text at the end of the > script is the only way to do it. Then another voice says but there must be > a way! :) > > I did try a quick test of buffering the text then explicitly flushing the > buffer but it didn't seem to work > > I know this seems pointless but I'm anticipating that the users will be > confused (which would be a surprise </sarcasm>) and attempt to abort/bugger > off somewhere else > > Thanks in advance! > > Dan > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >