Re: Executing a time intensive script

you 'd need process forking, which is has to be compiled into php and which should/could not be used within a webserver environement. i don't know your scripts will work, if you call process_function after including auth_user.php. if it works, i'd do it this way: <?php require("function.php"); ... ... do some authentication stuff ... set_time_limit(300); ignore_user_abort(1); include("auth_user.php"); // takes user to authenticated area process_function(); ?> Regards Michael "Zach Curtis" <zach@populus.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:NFBBIIFDLHAODMOHAEIDGEGHEAAA.zach@populus.com... > I have three scripts login.php, auth_user.php, and function.php. The > login.php script does user authentication and routes the user to > auth_user.php. The function.php script, which contains process_function(), > does some very intensive data processing and may take from 30 seconds to 3 > minutes to run. > > Here's what I have tried to do: > > // login.php script > > require("function.php"); > ... > ... do some authentication stuff > ... > > process_function(); // makes user wait too long to get to the authenticated > area > > include("auth_user.php"); // takes user to authenticated area > > > If I try to run the process_function() from the login.php script, the script > takes too long to run. How can I get this function to run so it does not > interfere with user logging in? Is there a way to get the function to > execute and let it run on its own within login.php and let the user continue > on to the authenticated area without that delay? > > Another thought I had was to get the function.php script that contains the > function to execute on its own based on time (e.g., run every hour on the > hour). Is there a way to do that? > > Thank you. > > _________________ > Zach Curtis > Programmer Analyst > POPULUS > www.populus.com > _________________ > > Confidentiality Statement: > > This e-mail message and any attachment(s) are confidential and may contain > proprietary information that may not be disclosed without express > permission. If you have received this message in error or are not the > intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this > message and then please delete this message and any attachment(s). Any use, > dissemination, distribution, or reproduction by unintended recipients is not > authorized. > Thank you. >