James schrieb: > I have a PHP script running on server 1. I want it to call another > script on server 2 to clean up some files. There may be tons of > files and I don't want to wait until the second script is finished. > > Is there a way to asynchronously call the second PHP script? > > Right now I'm using fopen() to call the script on the second server. Other option: Don't let the called script on server 2 do the work. Use it to start another phpcli-script, then immediately send out the answer. Something like <?php exec('/usr/bin/php cleanup.php &'); echo 'Cleanup started.'; ?> OLLi ____________ To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php