Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7607: system()ed commands do not exit if the user interrupts transfer

> On 3 Nov 2000 doktor1@earthlink.net wrote: > > > From: doktor1@earthlink.net > > Operating system: SunOS 5.8 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2 > > PHP version: 4.0.3 > > PHP Bug Type: POSIX related > > Bug description: system()ed commands do not exit if the user interrupts transfer > > > > If I system("/path/to/ping somehost") and then hit Stop or close the browser or > > go to a different page, the ping process will still be in the process table, and show as being owned > > (PPID) by httpd. I don't know whether this is an issue with php or with Apache. > > > > system() uses popen() in its underlying implementation. Apparently PHP > doesn't keep track of what it keeps open and kill them afterward. Try > using ping -c to limit the number of ping tests or use sockets to do it > low level within PHP itself. Unfortunately, the latter can't be done from within PHP, unless PHP is running with root priveliges. In order to send ICMP packets, one must open a raw socket, which is usually a priveliged operation.. Chris > > -- > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >