calling a script with php

[priceey]

Hello

 

I am currently writing a web interface for a software build.

 

on the final page, it calls a bash script

 

at the moment, the script takes a good 1/2 hour to work, so my final page is taking ages to be displayed.

 

is there any way i can run the script in the background, without having to wait for the page to load?

 

shell_exec('location/of/script');

[rajivgonsalves]

you could put a & at the end of the command

 

shell_exec('location/of/script &');

[priceey]

that didnt do the trick

 

is there any other way to make the script run, but not wait for it to complete?

[rajivgonsalves]

you can try

 

http://php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-fork.php

 

require addition libraries

[aschk]

The bash script itself should call the fork to child process

e.g.

in bash.sh

#!/bin/bash

/path/to/otherscript > 2&>1 &
echo "Finished"