Re: Forking a search - pcntl

On 4/18/06, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: > James Nunnerley wrote: > > >I'm creating a search function as part of our webmail frontend, however I'm > >having big problems with timeout etc. > > > >What we'd like to do is run the actual search query in the background (i..e. > >fork) while the viewable page shows a nice scrollie banner etc! > > > >Due to various problems with the server we are using (Zeus) we can't just > >run an exec(). I've had a look around, and it would seem that pcntl maybe > >the way forward. > > > >Does anyone have an example working script, or indeed a decent tutorial on > >how to use the functionality? The php manual has limited information on > >using the functions, and I just can't get my head around how it's meant to > >work?!!! > > > > > IMHO forking in response to a web request is a very very very bad idea(tm). On top of that advice, see the big notice on the php manual page: http://www.php.net/pcntl Process Control should not be enabled within a webserver environment and unexpected results may happen if any Process Control functions are used within a webserver environment. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/