Best way to use PHP to run another remote php script.

Question

Hello,

I am wanting to create a web-based cronjob system for my userbase, and would need to know the best way to open a php script on a remote server, and ensure the script runs (could take 3 minutes), and use the least ammount of resources on my own side.

There is the possibility of having hundreds of connections open at one time.

Any advice on how I should go about doing this?

Thanks allot, Hudson

Answer 1

Perhaps this previous question could be of help:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/124462/asynchronous-php-calls

Answer 2

Hm.. it depends on what exactly do you need. I've used popen() for creating several sub-processes in cronjob transferring 100k records and it proved to be fine. Your needs could satisfy load ballancer called Gearman. It can handle requests asynchronously. Look at event-driven approach. You can see more here on stackoverflow. This solution can scale.