note 109694 added to function.register-shutdown-function

In addition to what alexyam explained here is an another way: If you call this at the beginning... <?php register_shutdown_function(function(){ fastcgi_finish_request(); }); ?> ... you will be able to use shutdown_functions in a normal way (with exit) since register_shutdown_functions put these callbacks on a stack. So this first one forces php-fpm to stop the response output, but the script stay alive: <?php register_shutdown_function(function(){ fastcgi_finish_request(); }); register_shutdown_function(function(){ sleep(10); echo "You can't see this and you don't have to wait for this"; }); ?> ---- Server IP: 87.106.1.137 Probable Submitter: 217.91.162.102 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.register-shutdown-function.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109694 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109694 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109694 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php