displaying a loading message

[codeseeker1]

hi,
iam including a php page containing db insertion and xml creation in another page.but until the included page fully processed,page diaplaying contens is fully blank.any idea of giving a loading message till included page fully processed? page is included at top of page

<?php
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['userid']))
{?>
<script type="text/javascript">window.location='index.php'</script>
<?php
} 
?>
<?php
include("prq_calculation.php"); 
?>

thanks in sdvance

[stepterr]

You have a couple options.
1.) meta refresh
2.) using javascript with onload (here's an example of that)
3.) or submit the page to an intermediate page first that has your message on it.

there are other options but those are the three I've done depending on the situation.