Matt <google@mralston.com> wrote:
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> I want have PHP call another process (another PHP script at the moment
> but it may end up being a binary) in the background and not wait for
> process to complete, but rather instantly jump the the next line of
> code.
>
> I've tried things like:
>
> exec("./script.php &"); // script.php has executable permissions set
> exec("at -f ./script.php now"); // and #!/usr/bin/php at the top of
> the code
>
> Neither seem to work. They both execute script.php, but both hang
> around until script.php has completed.[/color]
Hi Matt,
You could use proc_open for this:
proc_close(proc_open ("./script.php &", array(), $foo));
The empty array for the output specs prevents opening any pipes to the new
process, so proc_open doesn't wait for the execution of script.php to
finish - the last parameter is just there because it has to be.
proc_close() closes the process immediately, so your PHP script doesn't
stop.
HTH;
JOn
