Posted by Iv�n S�nchez Ortega on 08/16/07 23:47

Fabio wrote:

>> Use pnctl_fork() and his friends. You'll get the PID of the process, and
>> you'll be able to kill it based on that.
>
> I already looked at this, but I don't understand how to use it in the way
> I need.

It's just a wrapper to the POSIX fork() system call... Any course about
concurrent programming teaches about forking a process. I suggest you to go
back to the books.

> PCNTL functions are also not supported by non-Unix platforms (Windows) and
> I read somewhere that has some problem with Apache...
> Something else?

Invoke the CreateProcess() w32 API call.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.w32api-invoke-function.php
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425.aspx

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