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"Sending output in PHP before the script has finished?"

I have a newsletter script on my website, and as you know those things take ages. Is it possible to send the output before the script has finished exectuting, so I know who's been done and how far there is to go?

Thanks in advance.

Cool, thanx Andrew.

Just put flush(); in the script where you want it to send output to the screen. For example:

$bob = dodgy_log_function();

echo $bob

flush();

$joe = another_function();

echo $joe;

flush();

?>

How do you use the Flush() funtion??? Do you just replace it for Print???

... and help would be appreceated :o).

Are there similar functions for Perl CGI? (ie. the timeout and flush functions)

Cheers,
Rikki

Groovy, cheer man!

Turbonutter wrote:
> Also, is there someway to negate the
> timeout time on scripts?

At the start of your script, simply put:

set_time_limit(0);

This will disable the maximum execution time limit.

Yeah, I know. Thanks.

Also, is there someway to negate the timeout time on scripts? I can use .htaccess (unlike Freeola! I really nackered my account once.... he he he).

Yes we use this on the domain search at GetDotted.com

The function you want is flush();

Notice on a domain search that it display's each one as it finds it rather than waiting for all of them before rendering the page.

It can sometimes make a difference.

I have a newsletter script on my website, and as you know those things take ages. Is it possible to send the output before the script has finished exectuting, so I know who's been done and how far there is to go?

Thanks in advance.