===ORIGINAL===
I (very simply) try to open a "notepad" on a simple text file in a
simplistic PHP script, and would like to go on and display the next page
without waiting for this notepad to be shut.
After various attempts, I have used an :
exec ('bash -c cmd /C start /MAX notepad "my_file" > NUL');
... but it still wait for the shutting of the notepad ..!
Could anybody help me ?
For clarification :
1) I use this script on a machine which is in the same time "server" and
"client", which gives "meaning" to this operation.
2) I use "bash -c" because I have the cygwin platform which can easily
initiate tasks in background, but it could be suppressed, because it "de
facto" changes nothing...
===END ORIGINAL===
php exec() waits for an output of command u passed. Also php does not have
any threading support otherwise you could have run exec() in a seperate
thread.
Anyways! i think there is a work around for your problem!
Create a seperate shell file, lets say abc.sh
abc.sh run following command "bash -c cmd /C start /MAX notepad "my_file" >
NULL" and exits
you php file calls
exec("abc.sh");
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Regards
Fahad Pervaiz
www.ecommerce-xperts.com
