Re: [PHP-DB] help in implementing a progress bar

On Jan 7, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Vinay Kannan wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Theres this project that I am working on, and a specific module does take
> few secs to process, I am thinking it would be cool to be showing a progress
> bar(some kind on a .gif image) while the script runs, does any one have an
> idea how to implement this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Vinay K

This isn't really database related, but ok...

<?php
// Progress.php
class Progress {
    public function start () {
        echo file_get_contents ('progress.html');
        flush ();
    }
    public function end ($url) {
        $text  = "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
        $text .= "window.location = '$url';";
        $text .= "</script>";
        
        echo $text;
        flush ();
    }
}
?>

<?php
// process.php - process the stuff
$progress = new Progress();
$progress->start();
// ... Do your processing here ...
$progress->end('nextpage.php');
?>

In the progress.html file, it would just be an html page that has an animated gif (and whatever else you want on it). Hope this helps.

~Philip