Re: running php method in the background

From: Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:20:17 +0000
Subject: Re: running php method in the background
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On 6/8/06 10:10 AM, Nic Appleby wrote:
I have a php web script which communicates with a server using sockets. There is a method in which the client listens for messages from the server, and this blocks the client. I need a way to 'fork' a process or to get this method to run in the background so that i can process user input while not interrupting the protocol.
Have you looked at pcntl_fork()? http://www.php.net/pcntl-fork -- Ben Ramsey http://benramsey.com/

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