Question


$escaped_check = escapeshellcmd("/usr/bin/php -f /opt/status/check.php " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . " >> /dev/null 2>&1 &");
shell_exec($escaped_check);


I am trying to execute the above code in the background for the sake of non-blocking thread, but I am not sure how to exit the check.php when the job is done.

Answer 1

you can popen instead of shell_exec.

Then you can terminate it by proc_terminate

Or you can obtain process id by calling proc_get_status.

With PID you can terminate process also.

I hope this helps.