note 85687 added to function.pcntl-fork

Here's one way to execute a bunch of commands in an array, each in its own process foreach ($cmds as $cmd) { $pid=pcntl_fork(); if ($pid) { exec($cmd); break; } } Don't forget the break statement! I use this in a cli routine to rip a bunch of internet radio streams in parallel. This kind of parallelism is natural here because the download rate for each stream is limited by the network, not the cpu. ---- Server IP: 87.54.44.10 Probable Submitter: 130.225.25.18 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-fork.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85687 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85687 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85687 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php