PHP Files  Flushing Output to a File Problem You want to force all buffered data to be written to a filehandle. Solution Use fflush():        fwrite($fh,'There are twelve pumpkins in my house.');        fflush($fh); This ...

PHP Web Fundamentals Flushing Output to the Browser Problem You want to force output to be sent to the browser. For example, before doing a slow database query, you want to give the user a status update. Solution Use flush():         ...