[RESOLVED] send variable from bottom of page to top

[jeepin81]

Hello and thanks for viewing

This might be simple - I built a search for my website and I want to display how long it took to return the results at the top of the page. Here is watered down version of the script:

$search = $_POST['search'];

//stemmer search, sql injection, add slashes, bla, bla,bla all that good stuff

$start_time = microtime(true);

 $query = "SELECT * FROM $table
		    LEFT JOIN files.itemmast on PITEM = IITEM AND ICO = '1' 
			WHERE IMFGNO NOT LIKE 'DISC%' AND IMFGNO <> 'DISC' AND ISTATS <> 'V' AND ISPCOD <> 'M' AND ";


$query = $query."";


  $stmt = db2_prepare($i5db2, $query) 
                    or die("Prepare error: " . db2_stmt_errormsg());


  $query_result = db2_exec($i5db2, $query);

// output list of articles
$count = 0;
while($row = db2_fetch_assoc($query_result)){
echo $row['somedata'];
echo $row['moredata'];
   }

$end_time = microtime(true);


//HOW DO I DISPLAY THIS UP TOP
$query_time = "Search was generated in:" . round(($end_time - $start_time),5) . " seconds\n";

That is a just simple overview but how would I go about showing $query_time at the top of my page?? My form is using $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

Thanks in advance!
j

[dagon]

run the whole thing at the 'top' don't echo the results at that point but store them then you can echo them and the run time anywhere you like

[jeepin81]

That's what I was afaird of. The only problem is that I can possibly have a return result w/ over 100 products. I will be implementing pagination but I still want to give the customer the option to display how many returns to limit per page which could be 100 products.

If i where to put those in a variable and then echo them out in a loop after the db2_fetch_assoc completes, would that slow my script down a lot?

[dagon]

most sites do all the php processing before any output to screen, so no i would not be worried about the speed issue.

[jeepin81]

Thanks! I will give that a shot and follow-up and resolve the thread.

[jeepin81]

Dagon - Many Thanks! That worked like a charm and there is zero lag. Thanks much!