On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 10:30 +1300, German Geek wrote: > Hi all, > > A while ago, i had a problem with shell_exec: > > I was writing some code to execute imagemagick to convert a bunch of images. > This could take ages to execute and the page therefore ages to load. The > solution was to get a linux box and append a & at the end to do it in the > background or make a ajax call to a page that does it in batches. The > problem was really that i had to write a file that is then checked against > to know when it was finished... Not very pretty. > > Anyway, would it be possible to make a "new" shell_exec_async function in > php that just starts the process, puts it to the background and calls a > callback function or another script with parameters when it finishes? I > guess a callback function is not really going to work because the page needs > to finish execution. It should be possible with PHP forking though. > > Anyway, just an idea. > > Regards, > Tim > > Tim-Hinnerk Heuer > > http://www.ihostnz.com > Emo Philips - "I was the kid next door's imaginary friend."
What about calling a shell script with the exec call, and as the last instruction (or continually throughout its execution) it can update a database entry. Your PHP code can then look to see if said entry either exists or is in the right state. It should be faster and prettier than writing a file. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
