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user3337174
user3337174

Reputation: 149

Can PHP script continue to process even if user closes their browser?

I have to execute a method in background; the whole script takes around 30 minutes to finish. I make this as background process, my script is still working after the page is refreshed or close browser. But how to keep executing script if user shuts down their system?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 511

Answers (3)

BVJ
BVJ

Reputation: 568

What do you mean by shut down the system? He turns off the server or logs out of your application? If its the first you could set up a cronjob to run when the user is about to shut down the system. You could code it into your "exit" button (if you have one) and scheduel a cron job to execute your script the next day. If its the latest the just use an asynchronic script in php.

Upvotes: 1

Slavic
Slavic

Reputation: 1962

You would have to design the script in such a way that is resumable. This way, when the machine is rebooted a daemon can resume your script and it would continue working.

Of course (and I assume you knew that), you can't make the script continue to run on a machine that is turned off.

Upvotes: 1

Vlad Bota
Vlad Bota

Reputation: 191

The script cannot continue if the system is shut down. There is no system that "works" so the php script can continue it's job :)

Upvotes: 0

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