html doesnt close til php finishes

[grynlar]

I have a prob. .. I don't believe I am asking for help.

I have page that is html at the top and php at the bottom it looks something like this.
html
php and html code
end html
php code
database stuff
cgi stuff
mail stuff
finish up stuff
end php code

The first table of the html displays I thought so I lengthened the table and it was only part of the table that would display. I have put a timer code to see what is going on with the html it looks great.
I have tried document.close before and after the end html to push the html portion to display doesn't work ... and the page needs to be displayed while the rest of the php executes. The portions that are executing in the bottom half are cgi scripts and mail scripts.
the timer looks like this
marker 1 1011676848.28515600 0.000195
marker body 1011676848.33775900 0.052603
marker end html 1011676848.34708500 0.009326
marker php1 1011676848.34726300 0.000178
marker php2 1011676848.37364400 0.026381
marker php3 1011676848.60070900 0.227065
marker php4 1011676878.54762300 29.946914
marker php5 1011676901.55870900 23.011086
the 29 sec and the 23 sec are ok .. but the page doesn't display til it is in the 23 second portion at the end ..
My question is .. how do I push the html portion on the display while the rest is executing.
Thanks

[Anon]

You should be able to find the answer to your problem in the Output Control Functions section of the PHP manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php)

Unless your web server has a special buffering scheme, the flush() function should do what you are trying to do (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php).

[grynlar]

Thank you .. that worked perfectly it appears. i kept thinking it was something simple .. like my simple brain. lol
And thank you for the info on the ouput control part of the manual.

Jason