PHP - Send response and continue execution until next response

Question

Is there any way to send immediately a response to the client (a waiting page) and continue execution until sending the definitive response?

I'm working with Symfony2 (PHP).

It's not possible. Web servers use compression when sending text, so even echoing a string won't be transmitted directly to the browser, but rather the server will wait for the entire message. What you're looking for is the waiting page submitting an ajax request to check the definitive response. — W.B.
– W.B., Commented Jul 18, 2014 at 11:49
Not sure what you want to achieve. Sure, there cannot be 2 responses (1 early and 1 "definitive"(?)). Although, you can ob_end_clean() and flush() which should result in the response is being sent to the client while PHP still executes after it. — marekful
– marekful, Commented Jul 18, 2014 at 11:51

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I'll try with meta tag because JS will not work if you have disabled it. Any issue with browser compatibility and meta tags?

Done! And added a link to manually redirect if meta tag doesn't do it (meta redirection can be disabled on the browser).