note 112092 added to function.pcntl-exec

An alternative for Windows environment is to use the COM object. With this, you can start child process with Apache, or php.exe as parent process. Very useful for CLI or console PHC-Win applications. if(!function_exists('pcntl_exec')){ function pcntl_exec($path,$args=array()){ if(is_string($args)) $args = array($args); if(count($args)) $path = '"'.$path.'"'; $shell = new COM('WScript.Shell'); $shell->run($path.(count($args) ? ' '.implode(' ',$args) : ''),0,true); } } Very useful too when you want to use ansicon. Instead of make a .bat file with ansicon -p and php .... (somefile).php, in your .php file you can put this on top of your code: pcntl_exec('ansicon -p'); BINGO! ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 216.252.73.136 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112092 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112092 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112092 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php