Posted by Rik Wasmus on 01/08/08 15:37

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:32:55 +0100, jodleren <sonnich@hot.ee> wrote:
> I have never done this before... but I could use it now.
>
> How do I create a "please wait" page, which will "reload" once my real
> page is ready?
> I am talking of a waiting time of some 10-20 secs, but can be
> worse.... still even 10 secs I'd like something telling the user, that
> data is being processed.
>
> [like when booking an airline ticket... waiting 2 mins there is
> common]

Not possible using PHP, look for a javscript solution (which could poll a
php script to see if something is complete).

Keywords to look for: javascript, setTimeOut, XMLHTTPRequest,
window.location
Questions? -> comp.lang.javascript
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Rik Wasmus

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