Posted by scheper at xs4all dot nl on 12/09/06 20:05

kenoli wrote:
> Here's one:
>
> <?php
> // Output a 'waiting message'
> echo 'Please wait while this task completes';
>
> // Now while waiting for a certain task to complete, keep outputting
> .'s
> while (true) {
> // Echo an extra dot, and flush the buffers to ensure it gets
> displayed.
> echo ' .';
> flush();
>
> // Now sleep for 1 second and check again:
> sleep(1);
> }
> ?>
>
> scheper at xs4all dot nl wrote:
>
>>J.O. Aho wrote:
>>
>>>Geoff Berrow wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Message-ID: <4577d997$0$336$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> from scheper at
>>>>xs4all dot nl contained the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It works fine. It only takes more time to "upload" the image. So i
>>>>>like to add a kind of "please wait" feature. Maybe in a popup? A
>>>>>progress-bar would be nice.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone can help me out on this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>There is one here but the demo doesn't work
>>>>
>>>>http://www.raditha.com/php/progress.php
>>>>
>>>>I've not tried it yet.
>>>
>>>
>>>It won't work in all browser, as it uses jscript and not javascript, and
>>>microsoft hasn't released it under any public license.
>>>
>>>
>>> //Aho
>>
>>Yep, i have seen this one. Maybe that is not what i realy want (to
>>complicated also). Is there another way to inform the people? Now they
>>have to wait and are not sure anything happens.
>>
>>Mark
>
>

Thanks, but now i only get a lot of dots. While it is true (and it is)
it only displays the dot and does not go any further. Any work around
for this?

Mark

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