Re: Running processes in windows

Nathan Wallis wrote:

Howdy. I have an application in windows that I am running with a PHP page using exec ("start...... I am wondering as to the efficiency of such a statement and how taxing it is on the server. If multiple people access a page with such a statement, what toll does it take on the server and is there a better way to manage calls to the server side executable? When this statement is called a command prompt window appears for the duration of the execution. I am guessing it would be possible to crash the server if thousands of these processes we created at around the same time....just anyone experience would be greatly appreciated.

I think you can probably stop that from happening (no idea how - maybe ask the php-windows list), but it depends on what happens in that command prompt. If you're doing a simple thing, then it won't do much. If you're doing a database dump or something else I/O and/or processor intensive, of course it's going to take a toll on the server (regardless of the operating system). -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/