Posted by Brian on 11/27/06 14:03

>>> 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/
>>
>> usage of mod_gzip is quite small nowadays and I don't think it's the
>> problem but the flushing of the output buffer in php.
>>
>> Use ob_flush() to get out the data you want
>>
>> <?php
>> /* header stuff and such */
>> ...
>> /* head of HTML */
>> ...
>> /* div for the waiting message */
>> ...
>> /* javascript to enable div */
>> ...
>> ob_flush();
>> /* do what you need to do with the mysql */
>> ...
>> /* generate the rest of the page */
>> ...
>> ob_end_flush();
>> ?>
>>
>> That could work for you, but I won't guarantee it will.
>>
>>
>> //Aho
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help guys, i will have a play and see what happens :)
>


Nope, still wouldn't work, never mind worth a try, thnaks for your help guys

Brian

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