note 51094 added to ref.exec

I noticed that a couple of contributers planned on having threads running in background while operation continues. If you have a script that will function for itself there is an easy solution: call it through fsockopen (request to webserver) and do not wait for the answer. To make sure process is called correctly on all operating systems I had to add an fgets but break after first couple of bytes. example main script <?php echo "This is main thread, returning immediately"; $fp = fsockopen( <addyourcalltoscript> ); //fputs($fp, <yourvariablestosend>); while(!feof($fp)){ fgets($fp, 128); break; } fclose($fp); ?> example child script <?php // make sure script runs without stopping // set_time_limit(0); ignore_user_abort(true); // your code ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51094 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51094&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51094&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51094&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51094&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51094&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51094&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php