Is it possible to return status to client in between the execution of php script

Is it possible to return status to client in between the execution of php script?

I was actually automating the blog posting mechanism for my website and was writing a script which pick the agents data from database and post blog (in a predefined format) to my website. The problem is that when it is posting blogs (often >500 / attempt) there is no status report so that I can know what the script has done in a particular movement of execution.

All I have to do is wait until the script finish posting and send a report mail to me with details!

-Anupam

 

You can't do it realtime with php. But I guess you can find a workaround. Create an extra table in your database to store the post count, and set your php script to update that table with each successful post.
Then you can pull that data in another page so that everytime you refresh that page the number will update.

 

Yes, like this:

echo 'Status message.';
flush();
ob_flush();

PHP:

Will display whatever you echo'd to the client while keeping the client connected and the script will continue executing. This can be a pretty powerful ability when you consider that you can use it to output javascript.

 

Thanks for the expert advice

Both the solutions were awesome..

The idea for flushing the out was very good and it worked in the way I wanted. Thank you Shoro..


Also I used the idea to store the status in a DB table and let another script display the status by mixing some Ajax and it gave me a look like a progress bar. Your idea was gr8 ergtron

Thank you guys. It was better then I thought..