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Created January 21, 2018 23:09
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Execute $cmd in the background (no cmd window) without PHP waiting for it to finish, on both Windows and Unix.
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php-background.php
<?php
function execInBackground($cmd) {
if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){
pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r"));
}
else {
exec($cmd . " > /dev/null &");
}
}
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