PHP and shell_exec

Question

I have a PHP website and I would like to execute a very long Python script in background (300 MB memory and 100 seconds). The process communication is done via database: when th

Answer 1

Found this before and helped me solve my background execution problem:

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

Source:

http://www.warpturn.com/execute-a-background-process-on-windows-and-linux-with-php/