Re: Cancel a query when user leaves a web page

Noel <noel.faux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:58:17 +1100

Hi all,

Sorry for the delayed response, I've added both Hayat's and ljb220's
suggestions.

I've tried both, but still having problems.

Code:

//----------------------

test.php

<html>

<script language="_javascript_">

<!-- Begin

function leave() {

window.open('close.php','','toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,height=10,width=10','');

}

// end -->

</script>

<body >

<?php include "functions.php";

    global $connection;

    $connection = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=test user=test");

    echo $connection." connection <br>";

    echo pg_connection_status($connection)." status<br>";

    pg_send_query($connection, "SELECT COUNT(id) FROM test"); //
expected to take ~2min enough time to press stop

    echo pg_connection_busy($connection)." busy<br>";

    $res = pg_get_result($connection);

    echo pg_num_rows($res)." # rows<br>";

    echo $GLOBALS["connection"]." GLOBALS<br>";

?>

</body></html>

//--------------------------------------

close.php

<?php include "functions.php";

    echo "closing connection<br>";

    $f = fopen("/home/xxx/log","w"); // log file to trace the code
etc...

    fwrite($f,"new page\n");

    fclose($f);

    close_con();

    echo "closed";

    echo "<script>window.close();</script>";

?>

//--------------------------------

functions.php

<?php

/* when the page is exited, if the connection is not null, cancel and
sql statements and 

      close the database connection */

    function close_con() {

        $f = fopen("/home/xxx/log","w"); // log file to trace the code
etc...

        $connection = $GLOBALS["connection"];

        fwrite($f,"Closing connection\n");

        $status = pg_connection_status($connection);

        fwrite($f, $status." status\n");

        if($status == 0){// connected

            fwrite($f, "connected\n");

            if(pg_connection_busy($connection)) {// busy so cancel last
query

                fwrite($f, "connection busy\n");

                pg_cancel_query($connection);

                fwrite($f, "query killed\n");

            }

            // close connection

            pg_close($connection);

            fwrite($f, "connection closed");

        }

        else {

            fwrite($f, "not connected\n");

        }

        fclose($f);

    }

?>

With this set up, the user enters test.php. Stops before the query
finishes. It should call leave(). However, this dose not happen. I
believe it is because the script has not finished and passed the page
text to the browser (pls correct me if I'm wrong), until php has
finished processing it.

I've tried using register_shutdown_function() as:

test.php

<html>

<body>

<?php include "functions.php";

    global $connection;

    $connection = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=test user=test");

    register_shutdown_function("close_con");

    echo $connection." connection <br>";

    echo pg_connection_status($connection)." status<br>";

    pg_send_query($connection, "SELECT COUNT(id) FROM test");

    echo pg_connection_busy($connection)." busy<br>";

    $res = pg_get_result($connection);

    echo pg_num_rows($res)." # rows<br>";

    echo $GLOBALS["connection"]." GLOBALS<br>";

?>

</body></html>

The functions.php as above.

This also dose not work as, " The registered shutdown functions are
called after the request has been completed" (from
http://au2.php.net/manual/en/function.register-shutdown-function.php ).
I'm interpreting that as, any functions in the list will not be 

called until the pg_send_query() or the pg_get_result(), not sure
which, returns. Then close_con() from functions.php is called via
register_shutdown_function(). Thus I'm unable to cancel the query :(

Any comments, suggestions or work arounds would be greatly appreciated.

I'm using PHP 4.2.3

Cheers

Noel

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Muhyiddin A.M Hayat wrote:

  <body
onunload(<?close_connection($connection)?>)>
  onunload
above can't call function from PHP, but it called from _javascript_, you
can create _javascript_ function to call PHP function/file that you wanna
PHP do 

  <?php

  //
close_connection.php

  include('connection.php');

  global $connection;

  function close_connection($connection){

  //
close_connection here

  // .....

  // .....

  // .....

  }

close_connection($connection);

  echo "<SCRIPT>window.close();</SCRIPT>";

  ?>
  ---------
  <html>

  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="_javascript_">

  <!-- Begin

  function leave() {

  window.open('close_connection.php','','toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,height=10,width=10');

  }

  // End -->

  </SCRIPT>

  <body onunload = "leave()">

  </body>

  </html>

//----------------------------------------

ljb wrote:

noel.faux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

  I have a small problem. Is it possible to cancel a running query when a 
person leave or pressed the stop button in my web page.
...
Have tried
<?php
    include "functions.php";
    $connection = pg_connect(host, dbname, user);
?>
<html><body onunload(<?close_connection($connection)?>)>

> ...
>
> This will never work, as you found. The _javascript_ action is client-side
> and PHP is server-side.
>
> Try using register_shutdown_function() to register a function which will
> call pg_cancel_query(). As long as PHP isn't ignoring user aborts (see
> ignore_user_abort()), your query will be cancelled when the user hits STOP.
> Another way is to ignore user aborts, and while waiting for the
> asynchronous query to finish, keep calling connection_aborted() to see if
> you are still connected to the user; if not you cancel the query and exit.

-- 
Noel Faux
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Monash University
Clayton 3168
Victoria
Australia