How to find out file downloading time in php? - php

On click of download excel button in my application,i am creating a excel file using PHP EXCEL library.The downloading time is more if data is around like 10,000 rows from database. On click of download I need to display like Please wait x seconds or minutes to download file .My application is in PHP and I am not storing file in my directory.
My code is Like This
$sqlFields = "SELECT * from table_name ORDER BY name";//it gives 10,000 rows
include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/lib/PHPExcel.php");
$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
$objPHPExcel_11 = $objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
foreach ($sqlFields AS $List) {
//here putting data to excel cells
}
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="Report '.date('Y-m-d H:i:s').'.xls"');
header('Cache-Control: max-age=0');
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel5');
$objWriter->save('php://output');

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What could be the issue?
is there a setting i'm missing?
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