ID: 24616
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: carb at videotron dot ca
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Apache related
Operating System: RedHat 9.0
PHP Version: 4.3.2
New Comment:
Please study fork() a bit more. :)
Previous Comments:
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[2003-07-13 20:45:05] carb at videotron dot ca
Ok, that bug is informative, but why not fork off child processes as
completely seperate from httpd so that they can really run in the
background seperately from the parent? Such as a double fork to ophan
off the process.
I don't think that people who forks off a background process from
httpd/php with the "&" expect it to die if/when httpd happens to be
restarted or closed.
Real
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[2003-07-13 00:02:43] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a feature, not bug. (look in bug #15529 for another
perpective.. :)
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[2003-07-12 01:07:27] carb at videotron dot ca
Same behavior with:
<?PHP
session_write_close();
//Simple example to reproduce problematic forking
exec("ping localhost </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &");
?>
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[2003-07-12 01:00:33] carb at videotron dot ca
Description:
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When forking off a process from PHP with the statement exec("command >
/dev/null &"), the process will get killed when the httpd is closed.
Note: This occurs even though ps is telling me that the parent process
id is init (parent process id 1).
Reproduce code:
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<?PHP
session_write_close();
//Simple example to reproduce problematic forking.
exec("ping localhost > /dev/null &");
?>
Expected result:
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A continuous ping process should be running in the backgroud,
independently of httpd. When httpd is closed, the ping (or whatever
relevant) process should keep running.
Actual result:
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When httpd is closed, the ping (or whatever relevant) process dies.
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