note 110649 modified in function.session-start by danbrown

When you have an import script that takes long to execute, the browser seem to lock up and you cannot access the website anymore. this is because a request is reading and locking the session file to prevent corruption. you can either - use a different session handler with session_set_save_handler() - use session_write_close() in the import script as soon you don't need session anymore (best moment is just before the long during part takes place), you can session_start when ever you want and as many times you like if your import script requires session variables changed. example <?php session_start(); //initiate / open session $_SESSION['count'] = 0; // store something in the session session_write_close(); //now close it, # from here every other script can be run (and makes it seem like multitasking) for($i=0; $i<=100; $i++){ //do 100 cycles session_start(); //open the session again for editing a variable $_SESSION['count'] += 1; //change variable session_write_close(); //now close the session again! sleep(2); //every cycle sleep two seconds, or do a heavy task } ?> --was-- When you have an import script that takes long to execute, the browser seem to lock up and you cannot access the website anymore. this is because a request is reading and locking the session file to prevent corruption. you can either - use a different session handler with session_set_save_handler() - use session_write_close() in the import script as soon you don't need session anymore (best moment is just before the long during part takes place), you can session_start when ever you want and as many times you like if your import script requires session variables changed. example <? session_start(); //initiate / open session $_SESSION['count'] = 0; // store something in the session session_write_close(); //now close it, # from here every other script can be run (and makes it seem like multitasking) for($i=0; $i<=100; $i++){ //do 100 cycles session_start(); //open the session again for editing a variable $_SESSION['count'] += 1; //change variable session_write_close(); //now close the session again! sleep(2); //every cycle sleep two seconds, or do a heavy task } ?> http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php