Posted by Oli Filth on 10/23/46 11:59

Erwin Moller said the following on 29/09/2006 10:55:
> duzhidian@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I am using Linux, php and mysql.
>>
>> When I run my script, it will take a very long time. So when users
>> close their browsers, my scripts stop either. What I want to do is let
>> the script continue running and send an email at the end.
>>
>> How can I successfully do that?
>>
>
> Are you sure your script stops running when the client closes the browser?
> That surprises me, because AFAIK the server is working on a request and has
> no open line to the state of the visitors browser.
>
> I expect that your script finishes just fine, both when the browser windows
> is closed or leaved open.
>
> So, are you sure this is happening?

If the browser is closed whilst the script is still processing, then the
server *will* know about this, because the TCP connection will be
terminated.

See http://php.net/manual/features.connection-handling.php.


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Oli

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