Re: spawing new PHP process

Assuming you're working on UNIX--you need to use one of the execute functions (search for exec in the manual). You can spawn a separate PHP in the background in a number of way, for example, by using the screen program. If I remember correctly, you can't instantiate it directly and run it in the background because PHP does not close stdout and stderr--but this might have changed and/or I may be mistaken (nothing new there). Marco -- ------------ php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers Come visit us at http://www.phparch.com!