Re: exec() or system() to run *.exe and let php continue with code
| From: | Matt M. | Date: | Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:49:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: exec() or system() to run *.exe and let php continue with code | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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> Hi all im new to PHP and im trying to let a process (*.exe file) to run in
> background(localhost) and let php continue processing the script. But PHP
> always stops and wait for the (*.exe) stops/close!
>
> Anyone here can help me by giving me an simply example to let PHP run the
> exe file and continue with code execution.
check out http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
read through the user comments
found this on php.net
function execInBackground($path, $exe, $args = "") {
global $conf;
if (file_exists($path . $exe)) {
chdir($path);
if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){
pclose(popen("start \"bla\" \"" . $exe . "\" " .
escapeshellarg($args), "r"));
} else {
exec("./" . $exe . " " . escapeshellarg($args) . " >
/dev/null &");
}
}
}