Re: createing a php script with reloadable modules.

I can't see why PHP would crash? When it runs a PHP file, it would open the entire file and cache the whole thing surely ? In the .05ms that it takes to overwrite a file, it would be apache not PHP i would say, that would cause problems ... ? Siggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "kill-9" <kill-9@kill-9.dk> To: "phobo" <antiphobo@paradise.net.nz>; "Php-Windows@Lists.Php.Net" <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules. > Ok feelings are also welcome :) > > yes the script will be running 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I need the > script to pick up the changes I make. I assumed that php would cashe the > script it was curtly running and there for not pick up any changes I made > while I was running it. which is what I need it to do. > > kill-9 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "phobo" <antiphobo@paradise.net.nz> > To: "kill-9" <kill-9@kill-9.dk>; "Php-Windows@Lists.Php.Net" > <php-windows@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:24 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules. > > > > My feeling ... > > > > Your script wont be running for 24hours, so you can just edit the PHP file > > directly, can't you? Make a copy of your main PHP file, make the changes > you > > need, and copy/overwrite the existing one. I assume the PHP engine doesn't > > read the file a line at a time but instead caches the whole script, so you > > wont have any problems of the php script failing because it was changes > > 'half way through' > > > > Siggy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "kill-9" <kill-9@kill-9.dk> > > To: "Php-Windows@Lists.Php.Net" <php-windows@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:26 PM > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules. > > > > > > Ok guys I need your help I'm banging my head against the wall on this one. > > > > I need to do something like modules in a script. The main script runs 24/7 > I > > want to be able to change the modules run time. have some kind of flag > set > > to have it update/reload the module. I cant do something like an include > > with the modules because they wont be refreshed that and you cant > > re-included a function that has already been include once and include_once > > wont work either because that wont refresh the module. > > > > here are my thoughts. > > > > if I use system or pass thru to set off the modules. but the question is > I > > need to pass the module a file pointer. and so far I have been unable to > > pass a file pointer to another script. > > > > another option would be to use fopen to buffer the module and using exec > to > > execute this new module. I could reload the module by re reading the > file. > > would this work? > > > > all comments ,opinions , ideas , and wild guesses are welcome. I'm stuck > > and need some new ideas on how to do this. > > > > > > thanks > > > > kill-9 > > www.kill-9.dk > > > > > > > > > > > >