Re^2: Output to Browser as script executes?

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It is mainly to keep the users informed. The actual process I will be running with the results of a user built template being passed to a mass SMS scheduler. There could be as little as 10 SMS text being sent or as many as 100,000. I would like the user to have some feedback on the result/status of the loop, if possible.

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Re^3: Output to Browser as script executes? by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 05, 2012 at 10:49 UTC
In that case I'd be inclined to fork off a process to handle the scheduling task and return a page that has a timed refresh (include `<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="30">` in `<head>` for a refresh every 30 seconds for example) while the scheduling task is running. True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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