Re: Execute a php page and don't wait for it to finish

Ferdi wrote: > I have a php page that updates data from one database to another when it > is > run. > My query is, how can I trigger the execution of this update page from > another php / javascript without the calling page having to wait for the > update page to finish? > Basically, I think the update page needs to use: > ignore_user_abort(1); > set_time_limit(0); // I don't think the script will take more than 1 > min. > > At the other end I found this: > 1) > > http://www.mindraven.com/blog/php/run-a-php-script-in-the-background-using-ajax/ > 2) On that page a user suggested using *pclose(popen(‘/usr/bin/php > /path/to/something.php > /dev/null &’, ‘r’)* > * *However, I need this to be usable on windows servers also. > 3) Finally, would pcntl_exec, pcntl_fork, exec or something be useful > for > me? > > Which of the above 3 options is the better one? > Other suggestions are welcome :) Node.js maybe? Haven't used it, but http://s3.amazonaws.com/four.livejournal/20091117/jsconf.pdf makes it look like it might be suited to what you want to do?