Start PHP file as a process

[benphelps]

I need to start a PHP file as a process so I can close putty but it still run in the background, any idea how I can do that?

 

I have full root access to the server if it makes any difference.

[rhodesa]

if you direct output to /dev/null and add a & it should send it to the background and you can close putty:

 

php myscript.php > /dev/null &

[benphelps]

root@server1 [~]# cd /home/phelps/public_html/botdev
root@server1 [/home/phelps/public_html/botdev]# php bot.php > /dev/null &
[1] 5044
root@server1 [/home/phelps/public_html/botdev]#

 

If I close putty here, it still shuts the script down.

[rhodesa]

are you sure the script isn't just finishing? what does the script do?

 

i use that same syntax all the time, and it doesn't shut my scripts down :/

[benphelps]

i am sure

 

 

while (($line = socket_read($socket, 1024, PHP_NORMAL_READ)) !== false) {

 

it doesnt shut down untill I tell it to, its an IRC Bot

[rhodesa]

so, when you do

root@server1 [~]# cd /home/phelps/public_html/botdev
root@server1 [/home/phelps/public_html/botdev]# php bot.php > /dev/null &
[1] 5044
root@server1 [/home/phelps/public_html/botdev]#

 

it works...but as soon as you close putty it stops working?

[benphelps]

yeh, it will run forever with the putty window open

[rhodesa]

very odd...even though it's in the background it must still close the stream. i've never done a background IRC bot before...

 

you can try a cronjob...but you should have the script create a lockfile, that way  if another instance opens, you can check for the lock file, telling you if another process of it is already running