[eluser]sudesh[/eluser]
Thanks Sumon, Bramme for replying,
Ajax is not a solution, we tried it but the problem increased, we are basically crawling few web pages - in batch.
I have noticed regularly , if we echo something in loop say 10000 times, the server doesn't wait till the 10000th loop to give the browser response, i believe its true, by the time it reaches 10000th echo it had already sent 999th echo to browser(i don't know the technical terms).
I want use this feature or whatever you may call for showing the user where the process has reached.
Sounds much simpler hopefully,
thanks again all for prompt reply.
Sudesh