note 49299 added to ref.exec

To start a process to run in the background, you can use the same technique you would in writing a daemon. Fork a new child while exiting in the parent, then set that as the process leader. Finally, fork once more, and run whatever the command is: <?php if(pcntl_fork()) { exit; } posix_setsid(); if(pcntl_fork()) { exit; } pcntl_exec('/usr/bin/ogg123', array('-q', $this->findPath())); ?> Of course, this would be the last thing that your script does, because the parent exits when you spawn the new process. You could do more fancy things, but this works as a good starting point. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49299 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49299&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49299&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49299&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49299&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49299&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49299&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php