On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 10:17, Richard Lynch wrote: > Bret Hughes wrote: > > As I begin to write this I wonder if this really an apache issue but > > will ask here to see if anyone has some idea. > > > > We have a php interface to our system running apache 2 on fedora 1 box. > > One page calls a script that does a system() call on a script that runs > > for several minutes. The issue is that no other calls to the server > > will return from the client until the script returns. I like the > > >From the *same* browser? > > Cuz, like, some browsers only allow one connection at a time, others limit > it to 4, some let you configure it, some don't... > > Check your browser settings or try a different browser to access other > content while the first browser plugs away at the slow stuff. > > You can also throw something like Apache Benchmark at your server to see > if the children are behaving. It should be pretty apparent if things are > out of whack with that, I should think. > > > ability to watch the progress of this script but is suppose I can send > > the output to a file and occasionally retrieve the contents of the file > > but that seems really inefficient. If there is another way to have > > apache process additional requests, from the same client, that would be > > a good thing. As far as can tell, the same apache process is is used > > each time, but i am having trouble verifying that to my satisfaction. > > Always seems to me like the same child will get used unless you actually > manage to get TWO requests through at the same time. > > Presumably, this is more efficient, as it avoids having to page memory to > swap in another child. > > > All work is done in https and there is extensive use of php sessions on > > the system if that makes a difference. > > Shouldn't matter, I don't think. > Thanks for the reply. It turns out that it was session usage. See my other post if you haven't already. Bret > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
