Re: output buffer with Chrome issue.

On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 10:42 -0400, Dan Joseph wrote: > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com>wrote: > > > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 10:34 -0400, Dan Joseph wrote: > > > > > > Ajax unfortunately isn't an option in this particular case. > > > > Why? Maybe you're thinking about it wrong. > > > > > Maybe, I'm open to suggestions: > > Here's the basic way the application works. main index renders, javascript > runs to create an iframe, and set the src='phpfile.php' that runs in a > continuous loop. it connects to the server, and then listens for output. > > Disconnecting from the server isn't an option at all, or else the > application will not function properly. It needs to have the constant > "stream" to the server. > > Is there a better solution for this? I presume your backend script is running something that passes the data to the browser un-interrupted... maybe a shell script? You can wrap this in popen() or proc_open() and read the output as you would a file. This can then be queued for consumption by an AJAX script. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP