kmaid Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hi, I am trying to run a console application which needs to keep running even after the php script has finished executing. I also need the PID or some sort of handle I can use to kill the program at a later stage. Thanks kmaid **Edit the machines are all windows (windows2000 and windows web edition)*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian-Mage Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Read about automated tasks and CGI. It also depends on server types I suppose(Windows, Linux) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmaid Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 I dont think automated tasks will help me as i need the PID back and would like to avoid using CGI. Im trying to use user defined services and making their name a handle i can start and stop but it looks like alot of work having to edit the registry each time. I would like to avoid it though are there any better ways on windows? Kmaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeB Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I think you can call an external app.. maybe java, and get the PID there. I had a solution in mind for python, but it ended up not working out. Basically, though, I can provide you with the flow. External app has one job. Spawn process for app mentioned in STDIN, and the PID is returned to STDOUT. You then use http://php.net/exec to get the PID. Only method I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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