On 17 December 2003 21:33, Jay Blanchard wrote:

> [snip]
> I'm using the CLI version 4.3.4 on Windows XP Pro. The script I'm
> writing has only a couple of functions, a couple of "if" conditionals
> and a "while" loop. At the very top of the script I have an echo
> statement with a message I want printed to the console window. The
> problem is that it's not echoed until all of the functions and other
> stuff is executed. Why is this the case? Anything I can do to get the
> echo statement to run first thing?
> [/snip]
> 
> Use output buffering and flush the echo statement ....
> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php

Shouldn't that be *don't* use output buffering and...?  The flush() function has 
nothing to do with output buffering, and if output buffering is on you will need 
ob_flush() as well.

Another (and probably better) solution is to create a php-cli.ini file, which will be 
picked up only by your CLI version, and put

output_buffering = Off
implicit_flush = On

in it.  (Implicit flushing is usually expensive and inappropriate when generating Web 
pages, but usually exactly what you want when running from the command line.)

Cheers!

Mike

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