system()

[andriy]

How can i run php script at server as background process.
I used
system("/usr/local/bin/php mail.php &");
but it didn't help.

Help me please.

[tasistro]

I fear it will terminate with the current running php script. Try making your php script set a variable, like touch a file or something on the file system. Then on the cron job set the mail.php to run every 5 seconds or 5 minutes whatever. If the variable is set the mail.php actually does it work, else it exits.

Saludos
Gerardo

[Anon]

Schedule it through cron. It is much easier and you don't have to do anything to make it run.