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