note 97431 added to function.popen

There is a simple way to start a process in the background but still find out what the process result is. I combined the information from some users below with some of my own coming up with the following: <?php $bat_filename = "C:\\my_bat_file.bat"; $bat_log_filename = "C:\\my_bat_file_bat.log"; $bat_file = fopen($bat_filename, "w"); if($bat_file) { fwrite($bat_file, "@echo off"."\n"); fwrite($bat_file, "echo Starting proces >> ".$bat_log_filename."\n"); fwrite($bat_file, "php c:\\my_php_process.php >> ".$bat_log_filename."\n"); fwrite($bat_file, "echo End proces >> ".$bat_log_filename."\n"); fwrite($bat_file, "EXIT"."\n"); fclose($bat_file); } // // Start the process in the background // $exe = "start /b ".$bat_filename; if( pclose(popen($exe, 'r')) ) { return true; } return false; ?> In my case the file names of the .bat and .log files weren't always the same, so I needed a dynamic way to create the .bat file. The output from the php command is saved to the log file with the >> command. All prints and errors are stored there. At a later time you can open the log file and see what happened. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 80.246.197.89 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.popen.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/97431 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/97431 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/97431 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php