note 56951 added to function.flush

In my testing, Internet Explorer 6.0 wouldn't flush anything nested in <table> or <td> tags, regardless of padding. But at the <body> level everything flushed with no fuss -- no padding or tags required. Both Firefox 1.0 and Safari 2.0 could flush within tables, and both required a tag after the text (like <br>). Safari could flush only after the first 1024 characters where received. Firefox needed at least 8 characters per flush (but it could flush anything at the <body> level). So the only thing that worked on all those browsers was this: <html> <body> <?php // not in table tags for IE echo str_pad('',1024); // minimum start for Safari for ($i=10; $i>0; $i--) { echo str_pad("$i<br>\n",8); // tag after text for Safari & Firefox // 8 char minimum for Firefox flush(); // worked without ob_flush() for me sleep(1); } ?> </body> </html> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56951 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56951&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56951&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php