Re: running an exec in the background, let page go on.

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:33:08 -0700, Sjoerd wrote:
>> exec("/var/www/html/services/ftp.sh $zipfile 2>&1 &", $output2,
>> $status);
> Why doesn't this work?

Because the stdout handle will still point to the handle the Apache/PHP
module is listening/blocking for input on.

I posted more about this in my recent thread:

Executing PHP Tasks While Letting A User Continue To Browse?
http://nextgen.url123.com/backgroundphp
(Google groups link for those of you that can't find it in your newsreader)

Cheers,

Andy

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