[SOLVED] Running a process without waiting till it's finished (linux)

[tibberous]

I am trying to run a script and not have my program wait until it is done.

 

I tried:

 

exec("php script.php $_ > /dev/null/ &")

 

And it works, but it keeps printing "sh: /dev/null/: Is a directory".

 

I DON'T CARE THAT IT IS A DIRECTORY!

 

I tried: @exec("php script.php $_ > /dev/null/ &") and @exec("php script.php $_ > /dev/null/ &", $_, $__), those don't work either.

 

Does anyone know how to do this, or why it keeps saying "sh: /dev/null/: Is a directory"?

[trq]

You could try reading this tutorial on forking in php.

 

or why it keeps saying "sh: /dev/null/: Is a directory"?

 

because you should be using /dev/null not /dev/null/

[tibberous]

I did read that tutorial, just typo'ed it. Thanks a ton!