Posted by tihu on 03/09/06 15:20

Hello

The proc_open or popen functions may be used.

If you use one of these funtions then your script will not wait for the
shell command to exit and will immediately carry on running your
script.

Popen is easier to use but proc_open is more powerful,

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.proc-open.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.popen.php

Tim

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