note 116948 added to function.popen

As a side note to the code provided by anonymous at anon dot com: $cmd = "php longscript.php"; function execInBackground($cmd) { if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){ pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r")); } else { exec($cmd . " > /dev/null &"); } } I had a problem where Windows would close the call too fast before the entire script was interpreted, but I didn't want my main script to hang until it would be fully loaded. As a workaround, I called a tiny .php script which would then call the larger script. myfile.php: <?php $cmd = "php timewrapper.php"; function execInBackground($cmd) { if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){ pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r")); } else { exec($cmd . " > /dev/null &"); } } ?> timewrapper.php: <?php $cmd = "php longscript.php"; $timer = popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r"); sleep(30); pclose($timer); ?> This way my main script would continue to run without having to pause, while the tiny script pauses while it loads the larger file. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 77.161.170.176 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.popen.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116948 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116948 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116948 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php