ADVANCED: executing external programs in background in LINUX

[aouriques]

Hi all,
has anyone figured how to start an external program in linux with system() or exec() from inside a php script while keeping the php running at the same time, WITHOUT waiting for the program to finish,
like the "bg" command or "&" in unix.

f.e: system( 'php test.php' );

p.s: test your example before.

Thanks

[MarkR]

Seem to have managed to succeed with

        $res = exec($php . " send_process.php >/dev/null &");

Of course $php is set to the appropriate path of the CLI PHP binary, send_process.php is a PHP script in the current working directory; hopefully the rest is self explanatory.

Mark