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Re: Output status during processing

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On 11/4/2012 1:28 PM, M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 04.11.2012 20:23, schrieb Scott Johnson:
>> Hello
>>
>> I hate to come here with a question without any tried code but I really do not even
>> know where to start, I have never attempted this before without a net.
>>
>> What I would like to do is provide an output to the browser during a long processing
>> term.
>>
>> Exactly what I am doing is this.
>>
>> I am loading a csv file to update inventory.
>>
>> During this process I am flushing the current Table and then loading the new and then
>> comparing the inventory table to a product table and would like to provide status of
>> where we are in the process what items matched and changed and so forth in real time.
>>
>> I have done some similar tasks in JS but with minimal steps in the processing then
>> what I am trying to accomplish.
>>
>> I did some binging and found that it may have to do with output buffering but nothing
>> particular to my situation. (as far as I could find)
>>
>> If this is possible could someone point me in the right direction and I will do the
>> leg work.
>
> Are you starting your long running job in the browser? Not good, the whole setup is
> designed for request-response, and not long running jobs.
>
> I would try to design the long running update-compare job as a separate process,
> writing status or progress information to a file/a db table. Then you have a
> corresponding script you call in your browser, showing you status and progress. This
> could be done with whole page refreshs or with ajax.
>
> /Str.
>

Ok that makes makes sense.

And yes it was started in the browser on a file upload from a form field.

I could use AJAX to load the file and then process it in the background 
sending status points as it goes through AJAX.

I have done this is the past just not for so many steps to perform.

The more I read about the PHP buffer functions, I could not find a way 
that would periodically send text without a header issue.

Guess why they have different tools for the different needs.

Thanks Str.

Scotty

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Output status during processing Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-11-04 11:23 -0800
  Re: Output status during processing "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-11-04 22:28 +0100
    Re: Output status during processing Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-11-04 13:52 -0800
      Re: Output status during processing Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-04 20:21 -0500
        Re: Output status during processing Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-11-04 19:10 -0800
          Re: Output status during processing crankypuss <noemail@noemail.invalid> - 2012-11-05 07:24 -0700
      Re: Output status during processing Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-11-05 12:40 +0000
        Re: Output status during processing Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-05 17:32 +0100
  Re: Output status during processing Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-05 14:22 +0100
    Re: Output status during processing Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-11-05 11:59 -0800
      Re: Output status during processing Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-06 00:21 +0100

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