Real time shell output

[razta]

Hi,

Currently I am echoing the output of a system() call after the command has terminated, is there any way for PHP to echo the output in real time rather than wait for the command to finish?

 

Here is what I am currently using:

echo '<pre>';
$scriptOutput = system($command, $retval);
echo '</pre>';

 

Thank you in advance.

[premiso]

You would need to use output buffering... ob_start and ob_flush. That should get you what you want.

[corbin]

Hrmmm, I don't think it's possible since system() returns all of the information at the same time.  I don't think output buffering will make it real time, although it will make it be done right after the system() call (unless the webserver buffers, or the browser buffers).

[razta]

Thanks for the replys. I will have a look into buffering and see if that fixes my problem.

 

Another quick question I have is would it be possible to send a command to a shell and then disconnect it from PHP? When I currently run a command my PHP page continualy loads until the command has finished, is there a way jut to send the command and not have PHP continuesly loading?

 

Thanks again!