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PHP5 snippit to lower threads niceness and then kill the thread when finished.
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niceness_lower.php
<?php
proc_nice(19); //Lowers niceness
set_time_limit(0); //Removes timelimit of script
/****
...
Do some very intensive task you do not want to bog down your server
...
****/
posix_kill( getmypid(), 28 ); //Kill current thread
?>
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