PHP Loading Page

[JustJon]

Heyas. I'm trying to build a page that takes form data, processes it in a second page, then sends the user to a third, depending on data processing.

On the second page, I am trying to get the page to have some sort of "Loading" message while the backend processes the data, but I can't seem to get anything to work. Does anyone know how I can get that Loading message to display?

Thanks alot.

[hakre]

hi justjon,

maybe flush() [php.net] is your friend. you could echo out the loading message, flush() the output and then do the processing. after processing, output a javascript that will switch to the third page (ie:

<script type="text/js">document.location.href='http://my.dom/page3.php';</script>

) and you're done.

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, JustJon.

I believe there is a PEAR package that handles this as well ... can't think of the name off-hand ... perhaps HTML_Progress [pear.php.net]?

[JustJon]

I had tried the flush(), but it seemed to wait until the processing was done to put out my message, and wouldn't redirect.

I'll look into that PEAR package.

Thanks.