Re: Running a server process

On 8/10/07, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: > Tijnema wrote: > > 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 ;) > > http://www.firedaemon.com/ > > But you're right, you'd need a way to communicate with the service. > > -Stut Well stut, this doesn't really run your program as a service. The program itself is a server, and simply starts every program when that service starts. That's not the same as running the program as a service. Tijnema -- Vote for PHP Color Coding in Gmail! -> http://gpcc.tijnema.info