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Forking not speeding anything up?????
i am forking a call to another php script becuase it must connect to a mail server. It can take up to a minute to send depending on attachments and network traffic and other factors.
here is the code i am using to call the scrip that does the email functions
exec("start c:\php\php d:\web_projects\ltrak\wwwr
When i call the script this way, it still waits for the exec to return so it does not speed anything up. I thought forking was meant to start a new process so that the current one can continue on with what it is doing.
Any ideas?
platform is win2k pro php 4.3.3 iis5
here is the code i am using to call the scrip that does the email functions
exec("start c:\php\php d:\web_projects\ltrak\wwwr
When i call the script this way, it still waits for the exec to return so it does not speed anything up. I thought forking was meant to start a new process so that the current one can continue on with what it is doing.
Any ideas?
platform is win2k pro php 4.3.3 iis5
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The program would spawn another process, return and let the child process do the work.
It would probably have to be written in C/C++
Alternatively you could cache the necessary mails to be sent, and use the Windows Equivlent of a Cron job EG wincron.