Re: PHP script won't run in the background

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:58:26PM +0100, richard gray wrote: > On 29/11/2011 17:16, Daniel Brown wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 09:33, richard gray<rich@richgray.com> wrote: > >This happens because PHP is writing to STDOUT, of course, and then the > >command line redirection grabs that information and puts it into the > >file. Unfortunately, by itself, this won't work in the background, > >which is why you're getting the SIGTTOU (SIGnal TTy OUput). If you > >need to redirect the output and have it run in the background (where > >something like file_put_contents() or fwrite() isn't a practical > >option), give it a NOHUP (NO Hang-UP): nohup php test.php > test.log & > >This will automatically redirect STDERR to STDOUT, save for the > >message telling you the same. > > Thanks for your reply Daniel unfortunately nohup makes no difference the > script still stops with no output being logged -- and also on a > different machine (Ubuntu) php -f test.php >test.log 2>&1 & -- works > perfectly - seems to be an issue with OSX Lion and the version of PHP > that came with the machine -- I cannot compile my own build of PHP > because of this problem -> > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60268 -- so I > am completely stuck :( The point is that you need to completely disassociate the process from the tty. Install the daemonize program, then use it to run your PHP script. See: http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/ It claims to run under OSx (which is just BSD Unix). -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h>