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Asked: 2026-05-29T15:15:22+00:00

I want to have my own variable that would be (most likely an array)

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I want to have my own variable that would be (most likely an array) storing what my php application is up to right now.

The application can trigger few processes that are in background (like downloading files) and I want to have a list what is being currently processed.

For example

  • if php calls exec() that will be downloading for 15mins
  • and then another download starts
  • and another download starts

then if I access my application I want to be able to see that 3 downloads are in process. If none of them finished yet.

Can do that? Only in memory, not storing anything on the disk?

I thought that the solution would be a some kind of server variable.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Anyone for shared memory?

    Obviously you would have to have some sort of daemon, but you could use the inbuilt semaphore functions to easily have contact between each of the scripts. You need to be careful though because sometimes if you’re not closing the memory block properly, you could risk ending up with no blocks left.

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