Return immediately after submitting ?

[Anon]

Hi PHP fans,

I am writing a small application, in which I submit a form to a PHP file. But this PHP file takes some times to run (about 5 minutes), so I dont want my users to wait for the finish.

What I want is relatively simple: The PHP file return the acknowledge immediately, so the users know that the job is executing. I the background on the server, the PHP application still does its work.

Any idea on this matter?
Thank so much,
Quynh

[Anon]

you could push some javascript at a point in the script to open a new window or set a timer to do the same. another option is the header(location: http://www....);
but i'm not sure if that termaniates the script.

good luck!