Hi.
I need to do something and I am not sure how I can do it.
User can initiate a process from a browser page. The server gets the request and starts crunching on the data. This can take a while. While the process is crunching, all the user sees is a whirling circle which can mean anything (including that nothing is happening).
I was wondering if there is a way to generate status messages in PHP and send them down to the browser while the process is still crunching.
Is that possible? I can think of a whole bunch of potential problems with this (as in, the html page is not completely formed at this point…) but I am not sure.
I appreciate any suggestions.