RE: [PHP] Display progress in browser using flush(); IE versus NS

Netrape supports multipart documents. Read up on your mime types and encodings, and use that to create a nice progressbar in netscape :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Lee [mailto:lee@mediawaveonline.com] > Sent: 26 January 2001 23:53 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 > > > > > > -- > 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 > >