php - Show results while script is still executing

Question

Right now in order to see the results, I have to wait until the entire code is done executing. It hangs until it's complete and stays loading. Once it's finished it shows all the information I was looking for.. Is there anyway to show this while the script is still running? So say if I have a print somewhere at the top of my code, I want it to show when it's called not when the script is done executing.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use output buffering like this:

ob_start();

echo('doing something...');

// send to browser
ob_flush();

// ... do long running stuff
echo('still going...');

ob_flush();

echo('done.');
ob_end_flush();