Easiest way to do it is by using frames.
Have a hidden frame that updates a text box on the main page using
Javascript. The hidden box updates every few seconds. No flicker too!
And when the background process is finished, the hidden frame can update
the whole main page.
Donncha.
"John P. Looney" wrote:
>> I've to write a PHP page that does a shitload of stuff. It could take
> over a minute.
>> For obvious reasons (as in, a reload in the middle of the procedure would
> screw things up), I've been asked to have a progress meter, saying when
> each stage is done, to keep users happy.
>> Only, I'm not sure that can be done without something like streaming
> flash. Which I've no idea how to even start doing (though I have noticed
> that Apache does have a mod_flash or somesuch).
>> Is there a nice way to stream HTML to a page, and have it update ? I'd
> really love to see an example of this.
>> The other way I *could* do it is using meta-refresh, and each step along
> the way, refresh the page with different query args. Sounds simple, but
> I'm sure I could screw it up.
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