While we're on the subject how about for something like an image upload (say 20 MB)? It would be nice to know how to give the user a "processing" page (perhaps even with a % done indicator)
Joshua On 10/31/06 10:42 AM, "Dell Sala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ³processing please wait² page after >>> submitting an order, request, etc. and then display the final >>> confirmation page when it¹s available. >>> >>> I¹m confused by how that works. Does the server-side script spit >>> out a >>> ³processing² page by flushing the output buffer and then redirect >>> when >>> the script is completed? Or does the client-side JavaScript display >>> the ³processing² 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 _______________________________________________ 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
