note 76119 added to function.system

Regarding the running of processes in the background. i found that after a few different attempts that this worked fine and allowed the main script to continue unhindered. Hope that this might help someone. $arg1 = "arg1"; $arg2 = "arg2"; $page = "/path/tothe/script/scriptToRun.php"; $args = "--arg1='".urlencode($arg2)."' --arg2 ='".urlencode($arg2)."'"; $command = "(php -c /usr/local/lib/php.ini ".$page." ".$args." &) > /dev/null"; system($command); ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.120 Probable Submitter: 85.144.135.57 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76119 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76119 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76119 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php