PHP: connection_status

connection_status

Michael
20-Mar-2005 09:59


Yes it is true. I made some experiments with that functions 'connection_abortes()'. First a source made an error, which I see. They wrote: ignore_user_abort();



But that only gives you the status of the 'Abort-Setting'.

So I try (with little hope)

  'ignore_user_abort(true);'

And as I readout the setting it has changed it...



Next I see that the script runs after I disconnect with the site. But other experiments fail. I try some things and then it

was logical after an experiment: flush() is one of the necessary things. Without those output to the client the function 

          'connection_aborted()' stays on 'false'

The Second is that you have to output something. Without that it also doesn't works.

So I now know that you have to echo something and then output the buffer. Only then 'the Script' (or the function)

'knows' that the client is disconnected.

toppi at kacke dot de
16-Jun-2004 09:06


Notice !



if you running a loop (while, foeach etc..)  you have to send something to the browser to check the status.



Example:



while(1){

    if (connection_status()!=0){

    die;

    }

}

doesnt work, if the user break/close the browser.



But a:



while(1){

    Echo "\n"; //<-- send this to the client

    if (connection_status()!=0){

    die;

    }

}

will work :)



i hope it will help some of you to safe some time :)



Toppi

carlos at fischerinformatica dot com dot br
30-Jan-2002 06:58


Very very useful!

I was building a chat and I wanted my script to detect when the browser was closed, so the user could be deleted from the online_users table.



<?

echo str_repeat(" ",300);

ignore_user_abort(true); //this way, the user can stop the output, but not the script.

while (true) {

         echo "test<br>\n";

         flush();

         sleep(2);

         if (connection_status()!=0){

                 include ('dbconnect.inc');

                 $sql="delete from online_users where online_user=$user";

                 $sql_exec=pg_exec($vChatDB, $sql);

                 die(); //kills the script

         }

}

?>

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