Re: Fork PHP script X at a time.

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 16:45, Wouter van Vliet wrote: > > > > What I would like to do is fork off say 5-10 at a time and when one is > > done start another one in its place, as they all take different length > > of times to compleate. > > > > Any clues at where to start? Here is my fork all 90+ code... > > > > $sql = "SELECT * FROM locations WHERE parent = '0'"; > > $res = mysql_query($sql) or die ($sql.mysql_error()); > > while($data = mysql_fetch_array($res)){ > > exec("/usr/local/bin/php fork.php ".$_data["id"]." > > > /dev/null &"); > > } > > You should be able to find out about the PID's for every forked > process, and use a loop (advisable with a sleep() in it) to see how > many procs are still running.. When the amount drops somewhat, spawn > another .. Hmm, first off how would I get the PID for each process? I could store each PID and then sleep for a minute, then check to see if those PIDs are still valid (How would I do that?!) then fork some more and loop till fade... Think I will sleep on it. John