I'm trying to show the progress of executing a python script in PHP with a progress bar. I found a link (https://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/php/show-progress-report-for-long-running-php-scripts.html) that uses SSE to send progress updates to the client. In the original code, a loop is used to simulate a long script but in my case I'm trying to execute a python script that takes roughly 50 seconds.
index.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<br />
<input type="button" onClick="startTask()" value="Start Long Task" />
<input type="button" onClick="stopTask();" value="Stop Task" />
<br />
<br />
<p>Results</p>
<br />
<div id="results" style="border:1px solid #000; padding:10px; width:300px; height:250px; overflow:auto; background:#eee;"></div>
<br />
<progress id='progressor' value="0" max='100' style=""></progress>
<span id="percentage" style="text-align:right; display:block; margin-top:5px;">0</span>
</body>
</html>
process.php
<?php
header('Content-Type: text/event-stream');
// recommended to prevent caching of event data.
header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
function send_message($id, $message, $progress) {
$d = array('message' => $message , 'progress' => $progress);
echo "id: $id" . PHP_EOL;
echo "data: " . json_encode($d) . PHP_EOL;
echo PHP_EOL;
ob_flush();
flush();
}
//LONG RUNNING TASK
// for($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
// send_message($i, 'on iteration ' . $i . ' of 10' , $i*10);
// sleep(1);
$path="test.py";
$test= shell_exec("python " . $path . ""); {
echo "data: " . json_encode($test) . "\n\n";
sleep(1)
}
send_message('CLOSE', 'Process complete');
Problem: As you can see in process.php I commented the original code and placed a simple python execution in php. I just want to diplay the progress of the script but it is not doing so. What do I have to do to show the progress of the script? Note: I don't think is relavent but the python script just opens up a batch file.
Are there other methods to display the progress bar of a script in php?