Threads in PHP

[phpaby]

Hi there,

Can anyone tell whether PHP supports threads?

The problem is, I want to write a program that does two processes at a time. Given a main program, which consists of Process A (that does a read operation of a particular column from table X) and Process B (that does a read/write operation of another column of the same table X) from an Oracle database.To do this I have to run a parallel process. I would be grateful if anyone gives me a solution. It's very urgent!!!!!

The main purpose is to check the performance of the data retrieval by the application server from the database.

Abraham

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"Very urgent" does not exist, only "I want an answer now" exists.

Q: why do you need threads to do this, why don't you just start two scripts at the same time?

[phpaby]

Hi Vincent,

Thanks a lot for the answer, but I would be grateful if you can please guide me, about how to start two scripts at the same time. This is something new I have come across, could you please help me out in doing it.

Urgent, please!!!

Abraham

[fintan]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but couldn't you just have them in two functions, and call them one after another... why do they need to be syncronised?
The data from one can be stored until the second finishes running, then do what ever you want with the two....

Fintan

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How do you start two scripts at the same time? well exactly like that: start two scripts at the same time.

Open two seperate browser-windows and load the script, or make a third script that uses exec() or whatever to start two copies.

Heck, you could even compile the CGI version of PHP and use the shell.

But hat exactly do you think you can do with this?