How to run a PHP script asynchronously from a another PHP script? [duplicate]

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I need to run a PHP script from another PHP script asynchronously.

Script 1

<?php
    echo "Entering main script 1";
    system("php script2.php");
    echo "Exiting main script 1";
?>

Script 2

<?php
    echo "Entering script 2";
    sleep(10);
    echo "Exiting script 2";
?>

In script 1, I use system() method to run script2.php. I dont want script 1 to wait for script 2 to complete its execution. How to make it asynchronous? Is there any other method to run a PHP script without using system() function? Please help me. Thanks.

Duplicate of this thread : stackoverflow.com/questions/5103528 You can use the same solution I provided — JohnP
– JohnP, Commented Feb 26, 2011 at 15:11
What was the problem, any error message? Keep in mind you need to send the output of the script to a file (or any other output stream) using the $output and $return_var params. Simply opening up a file descriptor with fopen and passing that should do it. — JohnP
– JohnP, Commented Feb 26, 2011 at 16:09

tobyodavies · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-26 16:02:58Z

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Add an & to the end of the command-line to make the process run in the background on the vast majority of shells. i.e.:

Script 1

<?php
    echo "Entering main script 1";
    system("php script2.php &");
    echo "Exiting main script 1";
?>

answered Feb 26, 2011 at 16:02

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