PHP progress bar?

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Ok, I know ths is possible, an example is here:

http://www.johnboy.com/php-upload-progress-bar/

It uses the ob_flush() and flush() functions of PHP. From what I've read, these functions have no effect if mod_gzip is enabled in your apache server. I'm on a shared hosting plan with Dreamhost and they have mod_gzip enabled, but you can request to have it turned off for certain subdomains. I did so, but it seems that it didn't have an effect. Here is my code:

<?php
ob_start();
 
for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
  echo $i . "<br>";
  ob_end_flush();
  ob_flush();
  flush();
  sleep(1);
  ob_start();
  }
 
ob_end_flush();
?>

This should output numbers from 0 to 5 over 5 seconds, sequentially, WHILE the page is loading. Instead it just takes 5 seconds for the page to load and then outputs the whole thing at once.

I need to know how to make this work. I have a script that can take 30-45 seconds to run and I want something for my users to look at. Using Flash really isn't an option because I don't know flash. I COULD use AJAX and simply send a request to another script, but I'd like to try to avoid anything that requires Javascript.

Please, if you guys could help me out, I'd be super grateful!

[chathura86]

please review that code properly

specially the APC part, which does the magic of sending the upload progress


Regards

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Could you be a little more specific as to what I'm supposed to be looking at, everything looks right to me but it's not working, which is why I asked for help.

[Markus]

Do you have APC enabled?

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I don't know what APC is. It sounds familiar, but refresh my memory, please.

[chathura86]

All the details you need can be found in your tutorial

http://www.johnboy.com/php-upload-progress-bar/

for more info read the php manual

http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php

Regards

[Markus]

The Alternative PHP Cache extension. Apparently it is necessary for this library to work.