On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Reese <howel...@inkworkswell.com> wrote: > On 12-Mar-10 11:31, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >> >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Bruno - e-comBR <br...@e-combr.com.br> >> wrote: > >>> It's causing a little throuble for me. When a PHP script generates a >>> bigger >>> report(taking about ten minutes or more), the user seems to be impatient. >>> They're doing refreshs on the page. So, for each refresh apache is >>> queuing a >>> new script, and just begin running this when the queue is empty again. >>> >>> What do you suggest me? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Bruno Moreira Guedes >>> >> >> I don't use mod_php, so don't know about its behavior. But I recommend >> you inform the users that the report can take upto ten minutes to >> generate and to be patient. That's the only solution I see. > > Else, if you can make the PHP script 'smart' in some way so that a > popup or other visual indicator will give constant, visual feedback > on the progress of the request. With a "Cancel" button that functions > to kill the original request while blocking page refreshes. They can > start over from scratch if they like. > > Reese > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
I think that's possible with AJAX-JSON combination. But the cronjob solution will be best if he doesn't know PHP (an administrator's job is not to tweak the web-interface!) -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
