note 55438 added to function.exec

This technique was post posted by someone else earlier, however it did not work for me. This works with all Linux distros as long as path to your PHP processor is correct. The exec will return the PID for the process. <? $pid=exec("/usr/local/bin/php run.php > /dev/null & echo \$!"); echo $pid; ?> My run.php script is here, it is good for testing. <? function getmicrotime() { list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime()); return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec); } $starttime = getmicrotime(); $date=date("d/m/Y H:i",time()); echo "Started sleeping\n"; sleep(30); $endtime = getmicrotime(); echo "Woke up\n"; echo "Slept ".round(($endtime-$starttime),2)."\n"; ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55438 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55438&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55438&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55438&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55438&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55438&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55438&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55438&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php