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Javascript + PHP loading page...
Ok So I am making some reporting functions for some data I have in a SQL database. Some of these queries take a very long time to execute and therefore takes the page a long time to load. I want to make a simple loading page that will display up until the page is fully loaded. I have a rough version of it now, however it still takes a long time for even the loading text to pop-up.
What I need to have happen, is when somebody requests the page a "Loading..." text will appear immediately, and then when it loads, it jumps the actual data...
Here is what I have now :
<html>
<head>
<title>Report</title>
</head>
<body OnLoad="document.all.loadi
<div id="loading_layer" style="position:absolute; width:100%; visibility:visible;">
<table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td align="center">Building Report. Please Wait...</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id="main_layer" style="position:absolute; width:100%; visibility:hidden;">
<table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td>SOME PHP CODE HERE</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Anybody have any thoughts?
What I need to have happen, is when somebody requests the page a "Loading..." text will appear immediately, and then when it loads, it jumps the actual data...
Here is what I have now :
<html>
<head>
<title>Report</title>
</head>
<body OnLoad="document.all.loadi
<div id="loading_layer" style="position:absolute; width:100%; visibility:visible;">
<table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td align="center">Building Report. Please Wait...</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id="main_layer" style="position:absolute; width:100%; visibility:hidden;">
<table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td>SOME PHP CODE HERE</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Anybody have any thoughts?
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i recommand to accept kenny9336 comment as anser
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If what you say is true, with respect to the page not loading until the </html> tag is read, there is nothing that could be done to speed it up, being that the hang time is coming from the processing of the PHP code, and is read before the </html> tag.
The only problem I see with that reasoning is, I do show the loading message, however it takes upwards of 20 seconds for it to display, but does display after that time, until the page finishes loading.
I think the second idea might be best... Thanks for the input.