coderofsalvation/browser-stream

stream text to browser in realtime without using websockets or ajax.

BrowserStream

, _(*1)

Stream text to browser in realtime without using websockets. Think simple text progressbars, logging, longrunning tasks, terminal output etc., _(*2)

Usage

$ composer require coderofsalvation/BrowserStream 

and then, _(*3)

    <?php

        use coderofsalvation\BrowserStream;

        BrowserStream::enable();
        BrowserStream::put("loading");

        for( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ ){
            BrowserStream::put(".");
            sleep(1);
        }
    ?>

Now go to your browser and you'll see 'loading' and dots being added every second OH MY! :), _(*4)

, _(*5)

Test it with curl like so:, _(*6)

$ curl -H "Accept: text/event-stream" -N -s "http://localhost/foo.php"

Apache Gzip == no worky

Usually apache gzips the output of php. This is not good if you want realtime output. Therefore disable apache gzip buffering in .htaccess for a particular (realtime streaming) url like so:, _(*7)

    RewriteRule ^(yoururl)$ $1 [NS,E=no-gzip:1,E=dont-vary:1]

License

BSD, _(*8)