PHP open files?

Question

current.php is page which we open in browser.

other_1.php and other_2.php are pages, which we want to execute. These two pages do a big job and work slowly.

How can we call both other pages to work, just when we open current.php?

current.php should just open and die, nothing get, just send commands to open.

If current page will include other pages, it will eat a lot of memory and go out from the maximum time execution available on hosting-account.

All the pages placed in same folder.

Any idea?

Thanks.

If either of those files uses sessions, be careful to session_write_close() in both of them before doing the long duration work. PHP's standard file-based sessions lock the session file upon session_start() and will not release it until you close the session or the script ends. That would mean only the first of the pages hit would run, and the other would wait until the first terminates/completes. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 12:52

VeeWee · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-11 11:49:18Z

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you can try this one:

function execInBackground($cmd) {
    if (substr(php_uname(), 0, 7) == "Windows"){
        pclose(popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r")); 
    }
    else {
        exec($cmd . " > /dev/null &");  
    }
}

In the $cmd you pass the path to php and than you can use the command as in CLI.

answered Aug 11, 2010 at 11:49

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Emiswelt Over a year ago

It executes a command (or a process) like when typing something into bash or cmd, but this function can be disabled on your web server due to security restrictions.

VeeWee Over a year ago

normally it is, unless it's disabled. You can check this like: function exec_enabled() { $disabled = explode(', ', ini_get('disable_functions')); return !in_array('exec', $disabled); } $cmd can look like: /usr/bin/php -f /home/file.php

Liam Spencer · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-11 11:07:33Z

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You can use

<?php

include("other_1.php");

?>

and at the end of other_1.php add another include for other_2.php, and so on. If I have misunderstood the question, let me know.

answered Aug 11, 2010 at 11:07

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James Over a year ago

>If current page will include other pages, it will eat a lot of memory and go out from the maximum time execution available on hosting-account.

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