PHP Flush/ob_flush not working

Question

I\'ve tried several attempts at getting my flush and ob_flush to work. I\'ve tried setting the ini to allow buffering, I\'ve tried using several different functions I found

Answer 1

I have had the same problem but a user pointed me out in the right direction, I used a "for" loop to solve this browser specific issue:

for($i = 0; $i < 5000; $i++)
{
    echo ' ';
}

Relate to Outputting exec() ping result progressively for more details.