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Asked: 2026-05-30T21:48:43+00:00

I have a php script which is responsible for sending emails based on a

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I have a php script which is responsible for sending emails based on a queue contained in a database.

The script works when it is executed from my shell as such:

/usr/bin/php -f /folder/email.php

However, when I execute it to run in the background:

/usr/bin/php -f /folder/email.php > /dev/null &

It never completes, and the process just sits in the process queue:

clickonce: ps T

PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND

1246 s000 Ss 0:00.03 login -pf

1247 s000 S 0:00.03 -bash

1587 s000 T 0:00.05 /usr/bin/php -f /folder/email.php

1589 s000 R+ 0:00.00 ps T

So my question is how can I run this as a background process and have it actually execute? Do I need to configure my OS? Do I need to change the way I execute the command?

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  1. Editorial Team

    “T” in the “STAT” column indicates a stopped process. I would guess that your script is attempting to read input from stdin and is getting stopped because it is not the foreground process and thus is not allowed to read.

    You should check if the script does indeed read something while executing.

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