note 118116 added to function.flush

combining some ideas i was finally able to get a long running script to give me real time feedback on what it was doing. this was a wamp setup with php running as cgi. i'm pretty sure that apache just wasn't sending any of the buffered output because it was trying to be helpful. also trying to be helpful, i hope this example solution helps someone. <?php // thx mandor at mandor ini_set('max_execution_time', 0); ini_set('implicit_flush', 1); ob_implicit_flush(1); echo 'doing something'; my_flush(); sleep(5); echo 'doing something else'; my_flush(); sleep(5); echo 'finally done - hooray'; function my_flush() { // following matt at hevanet's lead for ($i=0;$i<10000;$i++) echo ' '; ob_flush(); flush(); } ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 71.203.235.197 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118116 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118116 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118116 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php