Re: Execute programs
| From: | Eric Wood | Date: | Sun, 23 Nov 2003 03:15:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Execute programs | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.general |
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----- Original Message -----
> > If you start a program using this function and want to leave it running
in
> > the background, you have to make sure that the output of that program is
> > redirected to a file or some other output stream or else PHP will hang
until
> > the execution of the program ends.
Use system() and background it with &:
$cmd = "tail -f /var/log/messages &";
system($cmd);
-eric