From ac24754061e4c55fda5aaf30827cac7b1b97ca2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jim winstead <jimw@php.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 21:10:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix ws, add note about internet explorer needing to see at
least 256 bytes of content before rendering
git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@61595 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
functions/outcontrol.xml | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/functions/outcontrol.xml b/functions/outcontrol.xml
index 5f20620dec..2d3e805036 100644
--- a/functions/outcontrol.xml
+++ b/functions/outcontrol.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.17 $ -->
<reference id="ref.outcontrol">
<title>Output Control Functions</title>
<titleabbrev>Output Control</titleabbrev>
@@ -61,28 +61,34 @@ ob_end_flush();
</funcsynopsis>
<simpara>
Flushes the output buffers of PHP and whatever backend PHP is
- using (CGI, a web server, etc.) This effectively tries to push
+ using (CGI, a web server, etc). This effectively tries to push
all the output so far to the user's browser.
</simpara>
- <note>
- <para>
- <function>flush</function> has no effect on the buffering
- scheme of your webserver or the browser on the client
- side.
- </para>
- <para>
- Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer
- the output from your script until it terminates before
- transmitting the results to the browser.
- </para>
- <para>
- Even the browser may buffer its input before displaying it.
- Netscape, for example, buffers text until it receives an
- end-of-line or the beginning of a tag, and it won't render
- tables until the </table> tag of the outermost table is
- seen.
- </para>
- </note>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ <function>flush</function> has no effect on the buffering
+ scheme of your webserver or the browser on the client
+ side.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Several servers, especially on Win32, will still buffer
+ the output from your script until it terminates before
+ transmitting the results to the browser.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Even the browser may buffer its input before displaying it.
+ Netscape, for example, buffers text until it receives an
+ end-of-line or the beginning of a tag, and it won't render
+ tables until the </table> tag of the outermost table is
+ seen.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer will only start to display
+ the page after they have received 256 bytes of output, so you may need to
+ send extra whitespace before flushing to get those browsers to display the
+ page.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</refsect1>
</refentry>