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    <p>I have a server with a web interface, through which a task is submitted to the server and the result is returned to the user as a web page. Sometimes the result is generated on the fly, sometimes it may take several hours. The result is written on disk and <code>check_status</code> function periodically checks whether the task is completed. In the code given below it seems </p> <pre><code>while ($status == 0) { sleep(x); $status = check_status($pars); ... } </code></pre> <p>hangs up the server for big tasks when the user waits until his or her task will be completed. What would be the optimal solution to return the result to the user timely and not overload the server with excessive requests? Set up a limit in the loop and terminate it? Or are there modern advanced technologies to<br> handle these situations more efficiently?</p> <pre><code>$status = check_status($pars); if ($status == 1) { ... print $result; } else { print $reference_to_future_result; } ob_flush(); flush(); while ($status == 0) { sleep(30); $status=check_status($pars); if ($status == 1) { ... change_page_content_to_result; } } ... </code></pre>
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    1. COHave you looked into the [flush](http://php.net/flush) function?
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    2. COIf you're using Apache, `sleep()` is going to lock up an entire Apache progress for that time period. Generally a bad idea unless you want to get DOSed.
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