Cute. And javascript free. :) However, there is a limitation to this kind of approach: It will only work for requests that will return before your connection times out. In many cases, this probably isn't a huge issue as the "slow" script might only take about 30 seconds to run, or something like that. But what about a script that builds a large, compressed archive, or runs a complex index, or something like that. Now were talking minutes, and the web server will eventually timeout.
That's when you need to fire up that sub-process to run in the background, and just use the browser to poll the server to check if the process finished. -- Dell On Oct 31, 2006, at 10:10 AM, Bill Kamm wrote: > I use the following. It's simple, and it works. It displays the > message > "Please wait while we process your request", and immediately redirects > to the url that does the actual work. The "processing" message will > remain on the user's browser until your other php script returns data. > > <html> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="refresh" > content="0;url=http://yourdomain.com/process.php";> > </head> > > <body> > <p>Please wait while we process your request...<p /> > </body> > </html> > > > > Bill > > Cliff Hirsch wrote: > >> Many web sites display a “processing please wait” page after >> submitting an order, request, etc. and then display the final >> confirmation page when it’s available. >> >> I’m confused by how that works. Does the server-side script spit >> out a >> “processing” page by flushing the output buffer and then redirect >> when >> the script is completed? Or does the client-side JavaScript display >> the “processing” page while the server script goes about its >> business? >> >> Cliff >> >> _______________________________ >> *Pinestream Communications, Inc.* >> Publisher of /Semiconductor Times/ & /Telecom Trends/ >> 52 Pine Street, Weston, MA 02493 USA >> Tel: 781.647.8800, Fax: 781.647.8825 >> http://www.pinestream.com <http://www.pinestream.com/> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >> http://www.nyphpcon.com >> >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
