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I run a php script through shell using the following:

php script.php

How do I type this command in order to run it on the background and also log the output to a file?

I've tried

php script.php 2>&1 > out.log

But once I close putty, the script stopped.

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you can use nohup (no hang up)

  nohup php script.php 2>&1 > out.log

or you use cron or at to run your script in background

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The script is meant for cron but I would like to test it first by manually executing it before I setup the cron.
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Add a & after the command.

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It seems like even with the &, when I close my putty, the script still stopped. :(
Yeah you need use nohup as well (as in @donald123's answer). '&' at the end tells the shell "run in the background". Using "nohup" ensures the script ignores the "HUP" signal to quit when you log out.
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Try call like this:

php script.php 2>&1 > out.log &
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It seems like even with the &, when I close my putty, the script still stopped. :(
Maybe script is end and therefore was stopped.
Cant be i have 10,000 records on loop
Very weird. My script looks: <?php echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s').' START'; sleep(50); echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s').' END'; and call: php index.php 2>&1 > log & Next I close terminal and run again and list running script by command: ps afx |grep index

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