Posted by Martin Mouritzen on 11/17/06 09:01

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:40:08 GMT, "Brian" <not@given.com> wrote:

>Hi there
>
>I'm not sure if this is a PHP or a Javascript problem, so sorry for the
>cross post
>
>I have a PHP page that talks to a MySQL page, i want to put in a "loading"
>message.
>I have tied to use a layer and using a showlayer at the top of the page and
>hide
>at the bottom, but it does not work, it still waits for the PHP to run.
>
>I know it can be done, as i have seen it, how do they do that?

It seems like you're on the right track.

A common reason why it won't work is if you have mod_gzip enabled. You
can disable mod_gzip for a specific folder by having this in your
..htaccess

<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
mod_gzip_on Off
</IfModule>

You can see an example I made for a loading screen here:
http://siteloom.dk/~martin/loading/

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best regards,
Martin Mouritzen.
http://www.siteloom.dk

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