Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-05 Thread Larry Garfield
Well, really you can't do that. A PHP request only takes interrupt input when it starts, from the GET, POST, COOKIE, and SESSION magic variables. It doesn't run as a daemon. A fresh Ajax call to the script starts a new instance of the script. Fortunately, PHP's engine is fast enough that the

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-05 Thread David Négrier
Hi All, Thanks a lot for your numerous answers. I've learned a lot from all your suggestions. Actually, combining all your answers, I'll come up with a solution. To be more explicit on what I want to do, I want in fact to start a script, I want that script to display a page, and then, I want tha

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-03 Thread Eric Butera
On 11/1/06, David Négrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello there, I'm having a somewhat unusual question here, and I cannot find any way to solve it. I have a PHP page that displays a message, and then, performs a very long operation. Note that it displays the message first. I do not intend to

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-02 Thread Myron Turner
I think the Ajax solution that John suggests is the ticket. I did something like this for a site that books reservations for various services. But before the booking can occur, the customer has to get info on the various service options, which are returned from a separate database server. Thi

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-02 Thread John Comerford
w set behind the first with javascript. When your script is finished, have it output javascript that closes the "processing" window. On Nov 2, 2006, at 12:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message ---- Subject: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-02 Thread Ed Lazor
ow. On Nov 2, 2006, at 12:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message ---- Subject: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script From: David Négrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, November 01, 2006 2:24 pm To: php-general@lists.php.net Hello there,

RE: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-02 Thread ray . hauge
> Original Message > Subject: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the > script > From: David Négrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, November 01, 2006 2:24 pm > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Hello there, > > I'

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, November 1, 2006 3:24 pm, David Négrier wrote: > I'm having a somewhat unusual question here, and I cannot find any way > to solve it. There is no way to do precisely what you are describing. The best thing to do, imho, is to have the PHP script queue up something in a datbase, text file,

Re: [PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-01 Thread Ed Lazor
dejavu! This thread was just on the mailing list recently... check the mailing list archives. -Ed On Nov 1, 2006, at 1:24 PM, David Négrier wrote: Hello there, I'm having a somewhat unusual question here, and I cannot find any way to solve it. I have a PHP page that displays a messag

[PHP] Closing a connection to browser without exiting the script

2006-11-01 Thread David Négrier
Hello there, I'm having a somewhat unusual question here, and I cannot find any way to solve it. I have a PHP page that displays a message, and then, performs a very long operation. Note that it displays the message first. I do not intend to give some feedback to the user when the operation i