Re: Display progress in browser using flush(); IE versus NS

havent tested this but im almost sure that netscape waits until the entire page is downloaded until being displayed IF there are tables on the page. write a small test script to see if Im right. -- Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com lee@mediawaveonline.com ""Spallek, Heiko"" <heiko@dental.temple.edu> wrote in message news:1184C4C362ADD111994B00805F9F6641E3E807@athena.dental.temple.edu... > Hi, > > I have a script which slowly processes several thousand lines of text. I > want to give users a feeling for that the process is not dead. Thus, I am > using: > > ... > print "processing "; > print" > "; > flush(); > > for($i=0;$i<count($total);$i++) { > print". > "; > flush(); > // do something time consuming > } > ... > > Works perfect in IE 5.5: It shows the word "processing" followed every 2 > seconds (denpending on what I am doing) by a new period. > > But, in Netscape nothing shows up until the entire process has finished. > When I push "stop" on the Netspace menu it shows what was transfered so far > and "Transfer interrupted!" But, I would rather have it the way it is in IE. > > Any idea how to improve the code above? > Thanks! > > Der Heiko > > Buchtipp: http://www.aufbruch.com/ > Heiko und Gisela Spallek: > Aufbruch ins Land der unbegrenzten Moeglichkeiten. > Studieren, Arbeiten und Leben in den USA: Tips fuer Neuankoemmlinge > 2. erweiterte und ueberarbeitete Auflage: ISBN: 3-934407-01-3 > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >