php load page without waiting for include to complete

Asked Feb 22 '15 at 22:51

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My page consists of a simple form. When the user submits the form a process is instantly executed on the back-end that can take up to 5 minutes to complete.

This process is executed via an include of another php page. However, I do not want the user to have to wait 5 minutes for the page to refresh. Is there a way for the include to do its thing in the background and not require its completion for the remainder of the original page to load?

My current solution is to write the results of the form to the DB and then use a cronjob to check this table which then executes the code. This seems rather unnecessary to me. Is there a better way?

Thank you

asked Feb 22 '15 at 22:51

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You can use Ajax and show a message to the user to tell him to wait – Alvaro Flaño Larrondo Feb 22 '15 at 22:55
Good point, except I don't want him to wait. I just want the page to load he doesn't need to know what's happening in the background. – user2029890 Feb 22 '15 at 23:28
What you need is a background process: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/45953/php-execute-a-background-process – KIKO Software Feb 23 '15 at 00:12
Well, you can still use Ajax and don't display anything to the user. He won't notice the ajax call – Alvaro Flaño Larrondo Feb 23 '15 at 00:20

php load page without waiting for include to complete

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