I'm creating a search function as part of our webmail frontend, however I'm having big problems with timeout etc. What we'd like to do is run the actual search query in the background (i.e. fork) while the viewable page shows a nice scrollie banner etc! Due to various problems with the server we are using (Zeus) we can't just run an exec(). I've had a look around, and it would seem that pcntl maybe the way forward. Does anyone have an example working script, or indeed a decent tutorial on how to use the functionality? The php manual has limited information on using the functions, and I just can't get my head around how it's meant to work?!!! Cheers Nunners
