Forcing job to run in bg with ignore_user_abort()?

[Anon]

I have a php function that takes about 3-5 mins to run (does a ton of database updates). I'd like to be able to execute this through my web browser but not have to wait for it complete.

If I use ignore_user_abort(), can I just start loading the script then hit STOP in my browser and it will keep running to completion?

[Anon]

In theory it should work, thou another concern would be the maximum execution time, you'll have to set that to a larger value as well.

set_time_limit()

Excerpt from help documentation:
"When called, set_time_limit() restarts the timeout counter from zero. In other words, if the timeout is the
default 30 seconds, and 25 seconds into script execution a call such as set_time_limit(20) is made, the script
will run for a total of 45 seconds before timing out."

You may also have to change the server's maximum execution time for scripts as well but thats other concern entirely. 🙂