causing a ............. delay in the script

[Ian Davies]

I have a script which uploads files to my site.
I limit file size and the files upload quickly
The a summary of what happens is

MESSAGE "Uploading bla bla bla file details bla bla bla
Script to transfer the files
MESSAGE "File uploaded sucessfully"

Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time. I wish
to have a second delay between the first and second message. How do I insert
a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just to create the
impression that something is churning away uploading the file

Ian

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

Ian Davies wrote:[color=blue]
> Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time.
> I wish to have a second delay between the first and second message.
> How do I insert a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just
> to create the impression that something is churning away uploading
> the file
>[/color]

http://www.php.net/sleep

JW

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

"Ian Davies" <iandan.dav@vir gin.net> wrote in message
news:C98og.2002 0$OT.3968@newsf e6-win.ntli.net...[color=blue]
>I have a script which uploads files to my site.
> I limit file size and the files upload quickly
> The a summary of what happens is
>
> MESSAGE "Uploading bla bla bla file details bla bla bla
> Script to transfer the files
> MESSAGE "File uploaded sucessfully"
>
> Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time. I
> wish
> to have a second delay between the first and second message. How do I
> insert
> a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just to create the
> impression that something is churning away uploading the file[/color]


This reminds me of a WTF published at thedailywtf.com some time ago:

http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/74323.aspx

Bascily this is what happened: customer doesn't believe an analysis could
run so and so fast and insisted that it's broken, so the programmer checks
the code just to see it in fact works correctly, so he adds a delay and a
dummy progress bar to the software to give the client an impression of
something happening. Later client complains it's now too slow, could they
perhaps optimize the code. Sure, the developer reduces the delay to a
shorter time and the company charges $5000 for "optimizing " the process.
Client happily pays and gets faster program. Everyone's happy!

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[Kevin Wells]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

In message <C98og.20020$OT .3968@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>
"Ian Davies" <iandan.dav@vir gin.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I have a script which uploads files to my site.
>I limit file size and the files upload quickly
>The a summary of what happens is
>
>MESSAGE "Uploading bla bla bla file details bla bla bla
>Script to transfer the files
>MESSAGE "File uploaded sucessfully"
>
>Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time. I wish
>to have a second delay between the first and second message. How do I insert
>a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just to create the
>impression that something is churning away uploading the file
>
>Ian
>
>[/color]

Could you not do a loop inbetween the messages, and just experiment
until you have a nice delay?

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[ImOk]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

Usually when a customer doesnt get it, it just means the message is not
clear. Just change the second message to say:

"After a long and tedious upload we have finally uploaded your file
succesfully. "

or if you dont want to be cynical just say:

"Uploading bla bla bla file details bla bla bla ....\nFile uploaded
succesfully".

This way it gives the illusion that the upload did something. It's all
about the message.

Or you can use sleep(n secs);

Ian Davies wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a script which uploads files to my site.
> I limit file size and the files upload quickly
> The a summary of what happens is
>
> MESSAGE "Uploading bla bla bla file details bla bla bla
> Script to transfer the files
> MESSAGE "File uploaded sucessfully"
>
> Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time. I wish
> to have a second delay between the first and second message. How do I insert
> a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just to create the
> impression that something is churning away uploading the file
>
> Ian[/color]

[Ian Davies]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

Just tried the sleep function it doesnt seem to work
code as follows

echo "$prog_msg" ;
sleep(1);
echo "$prog_msg2 ";

The two messages appear at the same time. am i using this function correctly
Thought it might not be long enough delay but same result with sleep(10);
Ian


"Janwillem Borleffs" <jw@jwscripts.c om> wrote in message
news:44a11688$0 $79754$dbd4d001 @news.euronet.n l...[color=blue]
> Ian Davies wrote:[color=green]
> > Because this happens so quickly the messags appear at the same time.
> > I wish to have a second delay between the first and second message.
> > How do I insert a delay into my script. This is purely cosmetic just
> > to create the impression that something is churning away uploading
> > the file
> >[/color]
>
> http://www.php.net/sleep
>
>
> JW
>
>[/color]

[Rik]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

Ian Davies wrote:[color=blue]
> Just tried the sleep function it doesnt seem to work
> code as follows
>
> echo "$prog_msg" ;
> sleep(1);
> echo "$prog_msg2 ";
>
> The two messages appear at the same time. am i using this function
> correctly Thought it might not be long enough delay but same result
> with sleep(10); Ian[/color]

Perhaps:
echo "$prog_msg" ;
flush();
sleep(10);
echo "$prog_msg2 ";

If that doesn't work, look at the comments in

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.flush.php

Grtz,
--
Rik Wasmus

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: causing a ............. delay in the script

Message-ID: <W99og.10029$6m 5.627@reader1.n ews.jippii.net> from Kimmo
Laine contained the following:
[color=blue]
>This reminds me of a WTF published at thedailywtf.com some time ago:
>http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/74323.aspx
>
>Bascily this is what happened: customer doesn't believe an analysis could
>run so and so fast and insisted that it's broken, so the programmer checks
>the code just to see it in fact works correctly, so he adds a delay and a
>dummy progress bar to the software to give the client an impression of
>something happening. Later client complains it's now too slow, could they
>perhaps optimize the code. Sure, the developer reduces the delay to a
>shorter time and the company charges $5000 for "optimizing " the process.
>Client happily pays and gets faster program. Everyone's happy![/color]

Tempting to put one of those in every script >:-)

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