Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/04/07 01:47

steven.rojas@gmail.com wrote:
> On 3 jul, 21:14, Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivansanchez-...@rroba-
> escomposlinux.-.punto.-.org> wrote:
>> steven.ro...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I have a chat application based on PHP and Flash, I know that is
>>> necessary execute the socket server script from the console (#!/usr/
>>> local/bin/php -q), but my problem is that I don't have SSH access to
>>> the server [...]
>> Meet your new friend, php.net/exec .
>>
>> And, if you're out of luck (i.e. the server runs with safe_mode on), you can
>> always rely on the (very) dirty trick of using a "Connection: close" HTTP
>> request, along with some PHP magic so the script doesn't die when the HTTP
>> connection is actually closed. I suggest you to do some research about
>> that.
>>
>> --
>> ----------------------------------
>> Iván Sánchez Ortega -ivansanchez-algarroba-escomposlinux-punto-org-
>>
>> http://acm.asoc.fi.upm.es/~mr/;http://acm.asoc.fi.upm.es/~ivan/
>> MSN:i_eat_s_p_a_m_for_breakf...@hotmail.com
>> Jabber:ivansanc...@jabber.org ; ivansanc...@kdetalk.net
>
> I have luck!! my server is not compiled with safe_mode off... could
> you give me a few details about how to use exec command? This command
> only execute something and finish it execution or wait until the
> command finish? I try with the following doesn't work:
> <?php
> $command = $APP_PATH . "/controllers/chat.php";
> exec($command);
> echo("done...");
> ?>
>
> when I execute the script, the browser never finished the script I
> couldn't see "done..."
>

That means your chat.php script didn't complete before you PHP timeout
value.

Is this script supposed to be running all the time?


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