Temp holding page

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Is it possible for a PHP3 script to output a temporary "I am searching for the data you requested" type page and then once the site search or database query returns force the browser to another page with the results?

The intended sequence is:
1. user enters data via html form and submits to php script.
2. Script genrates a temp page to keep the user amused.
3. the script then searches for the requested data
4. The script then generates a new page forcing the browser to display this new page.

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Sure, it's possible. You'd want to use a meta-refresh or javascript to do the reload. Meta tag is probably the best way to go.

1. echo meta tag
2. echo message
3. do search
4. figure out some way to pass search results from this page to the next.

Number 4 is the hard part. If we're talking database searches, maybe you could select all of the IDs that match the search, using you complex query, then on the next page, just select those IDs. You can't just pass the result set between pages, unfort.

Hope that helps...

---John Holmes...

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Or you may want to search the forum and find that this question has been posted and answered several times. 🙂