Re: Running a server process

On 8/10/07, Richard Heyes <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote: > > That is it works with just me using the site. I am wondering how this would > > effect performance if say 500 people were executing this php function around > > the same time and the processing overlapped. Is there anyway to make an > > executable run as a service, I am guessing at the terminology that I should > > use here, but I feel there would be a much more efficient way of performing > > this task. > > Well, ideally you don't run an executable. But if you must, there's some > Windows program that turns an executable into a service. But then > there's the consideration of communicating with it, which you could do > with sockets. Or you could use a file. > > -- > Richard Heyes > +44 (0)844 801 1072 > http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk I don't know if there a program exists that can "convert" the program to a service, I think you need to compile it as a service from source code, but as I mentioned in my first post, and you mentioned here too, you also need to add support for a socket server in your program. Sockets in PHP are easy ;) Tijnema -- Vote for PHP Color Coding in Gmail! -> http://gpcc.tijnema.info