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Posted by NC on 09/20/06 14:14
Dave wrote:
>
> I am using a Submit button on a form to POST ( send the
> database variables ) to a php page that will send a personalised
> e-mail to each client.
>
> On the php page, I am looping through a database, compiling
> a message ( html format ), and mailing the message to my
> client.
Not the best decision architecturally (in a shared hosting environment,
this will hit the execution time limit pretty quickly; and if you
control the environment, this is something you want to do from the
command line), but let's assume you want to stick with it for the time
being...
> Problem is, that nothing appears after I click on the
> Submit button on the first page's form ( the first page
> just remains on the screen ).
So make something appear. Say, write this before the loop:
echo "Preparing to send mail...";
ob_flush();
flush();
You should also be aware that some Web servers will ignore PHP's
flushing instructions and continue to buffer the output.
Cheers,
NC
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