Re: Exec Script in the background, don't wait till it finishes

On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Kai Renz wrote: > Hi there, > > i'm currently working on a socket project. It consists of two scripts. > The first script (socket1.php) creates a socket on a specified port > and waits for a client to connect. If a client connects, they exchange > some informations, including a random created port. Next, the first > script calls the second script (socket2.php) with the just created > port number as a parameter. > > Now here is the problem: > it all works fine, but the client can't send a quit message to socket1 > because socket1.php waits until socket2.php is finished. socket2.php > is working properly, and if i connect to the new socket and quit the > connection, socket1 is working again. All i need socket1 to do is to > continue working independant of socket2. > > I tried everything, from shell_exec to pcntl_exec, nothing seems to work. > > regards, > Kai > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > To the best of my knowledge you are kind of in a hard place with that type of situation. I hate to be the guy that in the last three weeks mentions using a different language for an issue, but I honestly think that you may have a higher return using a language that supports threads a bit better. Hope this doesn't start another language battle. Don't get me wrong, I love PHP, but there are certain things that a different tool may be easier to solve the problem with. PHP or not: Could you describe the issue a bit more? What is the goal, at the end of the day? Here is what I am gathering: Open a socket client connects get client to a different port to run independently Can I assume that the goal of moving them to a different port is to be able to accept more clients on the first port?