Leonardo wrote:
> Hi everybody. I need to use exec() to run a background php script, but
> it's not working properly. Take a look at this sample:
>
> a.php
> <?
>
> echo ' File A (1) ';
>
> exec('php b.php > output.txt &');
>
> echo ' File A (2) ';
>
> ?>
>
> b.php
> <?
>
> echo 'File B';
>
> ?>
>
> output.txt (begins with 64 null bytes before the following)
> File A (2)
>
> I would expect the output's content to be "File B", but it's not
> happening. I came across this problem because I have a mailing
> application which stopped working after being moved to a new host. The
> messages were sent by a background script launched on user's demand.
> Like this:
>
> SendMessages.php
> <?
> ...
> exec('php Daemon.php -x ' . $USERID . ' > /dev/null &');
> ...
> ?>
>
> Now it won't work, and I got no clue about what's going on. What now?
>
> Thank you.
>
I tried running the same script, and found that the php binary is not in my path.
run this
echo passthru('which php');
Also, modify your existing exec() command to the following and it will capture
errors too.
exec('php b.php > output.txt 2>&1 &');
After running this is when I noticed it say "sh: php: not found"
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Jim Lucas
A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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