Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/18/06 16:48

a wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
>>Location should be followed immediately by exit, at least according to the
>>documentation. it is supposed to transfer you to a new URL. your long
>>exec and other header should be in your please wait page, but the header
>>cannot be, because header() only works at the top of the document before
>>any HTML is output and before any blank lines (I wouldn't even trust
>>whitespace) are seen. after all your headers are output, then output a
>>blank line to show end of headers and then your HTML. sorry. you only get
>>one header() per page.
>>
>
>
> Here is a new attempt, but I still don't see the Please Wait page, instead
> it goes straight to the show_result.php
>
> //*********** the form processing.php code************
>
> // long exec (asynchronous - it exits immediately but continues processing),
> its end will tested in the next script
> exec( ... );
>
> header( "Location: please_wait.php" );
>
> echo( "\nPlease wait" );
>
> flush;
> exit;
> *********** end of form processing
>
> //********** the "please wait.php" code *************
> while( long_operation_not_done )
> usleep( 100000 ); // check the operation each 0.1 secs
>
> header( "Location: show_result.php" );
>
> exit;
> //************ end code *****************
>
> If I put the echo in second php script, I get an error about headers already
> sent or similiar.
>
> I don't know php well enough to figure out a solution to unblock me at this
> point, so any new idea would be highly appreciated.
>
> A
>
>

I don't think that's going to be very successful, either. You can't
predict what the browser will do as for caching, for instance.

Maybe flash would work?

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