Reliably start a background process with browser
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:02 am
Hi
I am writing a mailing list manger using PHP and MySQL, using PHP 4.3 and FreeBSD Linux.
I need to start a background process that can carry on after a browser process has finished, so that a mailing can be sent out.
Can anyone tell me the best way to do this, or point me to an article/tutorial. I've tried using set time limit, but it only sent out 2 emails before stopping. Fork looks a bit complicated.
Thanks for any help
Steve
I am writing a mailing list manger using PHP and MySQL, using PHP 4.3 and FreeBSD Linux.
I need to start a background process that can carry on after a browser process has finished, so that a mailing can be sent out.
Can anyone tell me the best way to do this, or point me to an article/tutorial. I've tried using set time limit, but it only sent out 2 emails before stopping. Fork looks a bit complicated.
Thanks for any help
Steve