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    copied!<p>I'm trying to trigger a PHP script to run in the background using the exec() function but I cannot get it to work. I've read countless posts on stack overflow and other forums and tried many variations to no avail.</p> <p><strong>Server Info:</strong></p> <pre><code>Operating System: Linux PHP: 5.2.17 Apache Version: 2.2.23 Home Directory: /home1/username </code></pre> <p>I'm currently using the code:</p> <pre><code>exec("/home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php &gt; /dev/null &amp;"); </code></pre> <p>When I run the above script I get no error_log and no error in my cPanel error log, however the script definitely doesn't execute. When I browse to <a href="http://www.mydomain.com/myscript.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.mydomain.com/myscript.php</a> it runs and e-mails me instantly. Any idea why this isn't working / how I can find out what error is being produced?</p> <p><strong>Update cPanel Process Manager Output</strong> </p> <pre><code>exec("php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php &gt; /dev/null &amp;"); </code></pre> <p>Produces:</p> <pre><code>27183 php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php 27221 [sh] 27207 php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php 27219 php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php 27222 php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php 27224 php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php 27249 sh -c php /home1/username/php /home1/username/public_html/myscript.php &gt; /dev/null &amp; </code></pre> <p>Is that normal? Script appears to hang around for a long time even though it should execute very quickly.</p>
 

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