is it possible to execute a script but...

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have it only running in the background? so say i have a script that does a lot of parsing, and under normal circumstances would time out, what i want to do, is just have a script execute until it's job is complete, pass it some information, and have it do its stuff, and perhaps pass the orriginal php page back some information telling the user it's done?

[ramkumar_unknow]

ya can be done in the javascript. using settimeout method, u can call a fn after specific time, having this in a endless loop,we can make script running for ever.

by specifying a particular criteria, the script would redirect or submit the form

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i'd much rather do this in php... at least executing the other script, and having it not time out - the remainder could be in JS... How would it be done... i don't really know java script...