[UPHPU] Forking A Script

[Ken Snyder]

Dave Smith wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> John David Anderson wrote:
>>> You may not need to fork. Try appending an ampersand to the end of 
>>> the command:
>>>
>>> $ php doReportScript.php &
>>
>> That will only work if you're executing it in a shell (like bash). If 
>> you pass the "&" to php's exec(), for example, it will not work as 
>> you expect.
>
> Woops. I stand corrected: 
> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php#59698
So, you're saying that the PHP exec command executes as NOBODY so it may 
not have rights to execute?  Otherwise, I'm not sure why "&" seems to 
have no effect in my test.

-- Ken