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May 26, 2015 01:25
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This will execute $cmd in the background (no cmd window) without PHP waiting for it to finish, on both Windows and Unix.
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| <?php | |
| function execInBackground($cmd) { | |
| if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){ | |
| pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r")); | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| exec($cmd . " > /dev/null &"); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ?> |
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