[PHP] Startinga shell process with a life of its own

[John Gunther]

Which PHP method allows me to start a shell process from a web page 
script and let it proceed to its conclusion even though I end the page. 
Most of the various execute functions seem to wait for the process to 
finish before PHP continues. I don't understand the ones with open/close 
functions. Will opening a process and failing to close it let it run 
after the page ends? Will failing to close cause other problems? Can you 
point me to example code? The shell commands I want to run are typically 
themselves PHP programs whose execution time is far too long to complete 
in a browser context.

John Gunther
Bucks vs Bytes Inc
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