On Thu, June 8, 2006 9:10 am, Nic Appleby wrote: > I have a php web script which communicates with a server using > sockets. > There is a method in which the client listens for messages from the > server, and this blocks the client. > I need a way to 'fork' a process or to get this method to run in the > background so that i can process user input while not interrupting the > protocol. > > I have searched all over the web with no luck, can anyone point me in > the right direction?
http://php.net/fsockopen and friends discuss the non-blocking aspect. http://php.net/fork covers fork. You can't use fork (or any pcntl) in a web-server environment, only CLI -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
