On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 8:15 AM, kranthi<kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Code: > > passthru('firefox &'); > echo '1'; > > I am expecting 1 to be echoed while firefox is running. but that is > not the case. ny ideas how i can make this work ? > > Kranthi. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.passthru.php passthru — Execute an external program and display raw output This function will not return until the external program is finished running (when firefox exits). What you want are the proc_ functions. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php