note 86329 added to function.exec

I combined several efforts in this topic into one function: function execInBackground($cmd) { if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){ pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r")); } else { exec($cmd . " > /dev/null &"); } } This will execute $cmd in the background (no cmd window) without PHP waiting for it to finish, on both Windows and Unix. ---- Server IP: 213.249.64.162 Probable Submitter: 83.160.168.41 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86329 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86329 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86329 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php