Re: continue working after finishing up with the http client

On 5/27/09 10:33 AM, "David Otton" <phpmail@jawbone.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > 2009/5/27 Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org>: > >> without getting into whether or not this cache design makes sense, my >> question in this example is: what options are there for ending the http >> transition and then continuing on to do the cache update work? > > You either continue processing then-and-there (exec(), or whatever) or > you put the job in queue to be dealt with at your leisure. > > The queue is the better solution if you're concerned about processor > load, as you can prioritise it. The exec() is simpler to implement. in the absence of a tidy way to close the http connection to the client in mid-php script, i think the queue will be my better bet. if i use mysql to implement the queue then i'll have some convenient options for handling it.