> Second and most important though, Apache isn't architected to handle long
> running processes inside a request, as it typically uses a limited pool of
Not true.. Tomcat supports comet, and it runs on APR. Yes, the thread pool
is small, but there is always a solution. The idea is to return the
> Can you provide some scenario, when this is useful?
Server Push is an http hack that enables the server to send a message to the
client immediately, without the need for a client to poll the server.
Basically, the client makes an XMLHTTP request to which the server doesn't
answer immediately,
Hi,
Is anyone working on a suspendable request support in PHP when used as a
module in Apache?
Suspendable requests are great for supporting Server Push technology, but
are currently only supported in Jetty and Tomcat.
The API would be extremely simple, for example:
suspend(string request_id,