script passing stdout directly to browser

[hvle]

Hi guys,

 

I have a script running on linux.  This script spit out text (stdout) as it run.  I want this text to pass directly to browser.  I used passthru command to execute the script but browser will wait until this php script finished then display all the output at once.

 

Is there a way to achieve this?

 

thanks

[trq]

Is there a way to achieve this?

 

Maybe, Ajax I should imagine.

[btherl]

You can try ob_implicit_flush(1)

 

This will not be enough if your webserver is compressing output though, so you must also ensure that zlib is not set to compress output in php.ini, and that mod_gzip is not active in the webserver.

 

It's not enough to disable zlib after your script starts in my experience.

[hvle]

Ajax: will not solve this

 

Some experience I like to share:

This is the output buffering in PHP, as btherl pointed out.  I wouldn't want to change the good ini settings to get this work.  If that's not the case, you can follow btherl instruction.

 

I found that using ob_flush() and flush() can be somewhat help, although not ideally solve my problem.

[trq]

I know what output buffering is and how it works, hence I didn't suggest it.

[btherl]

Ajax can be used as well to achieve what you want.  We use this at my workplace to regularly refresh output from a script.

 

We also use ob_implicit_flush() for other applications.

 

I believe the sajax method is more robust, as ob_implicit_flush() can fail for the various reasons listed in my earlier post.  Some browsers will also not display anything until a certain amount of data is received, so you may have to start by printing some junk if you want to use the ob_implicit_flush() approach.

[hvle]

Thanks, I will definitely take a look at sajax