[Webdev] Progress meters in PHP

[Donncha O Caoimh]

You've lost me a bit there, you'd have one frameset, two frames. The
smaller frame reloads every few seconds from a script on the server.
Lynx should ignore the frames and I'll leave it up to yourself to figure
that one out. Perhaps when the page is submitted it sets a flag in the
filesystem or db and a cron job works on the data entered. The main page
then reloads and checks the flag.. (actually, that might be how the
hidden frame thing would work too..)

Donncha.


"John P. Looney" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 10:08:52AM +0000, Donncha O Caoimh mentioned:
> > 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.
> 
>  Erk. Frames. OK, I suppose I could handle a small hidden one.
> 
>  To avoid screwing up Lynx users, is there anyway I can make a page that
> has all the data, then a hidden frame, or do you always have to do
> 
> <DEFANGED_frameset>
>  <topframe> <!-- note, no URL -->
>  la la la la
>  </topframe>
>  <bottomframe ...other url></bottomframe>
> </frameset>
> 
> <DEFANGED_frameset>
>  <DEFANGED_frame ...some url></frame>
>  <DEFANGED_frame ...other url></frame>
> </frameset>
> 
>  ('scuse the bad syntax, I've never used frames)
> 
> Kate
> 
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