Run a PHP Script from another PHP - but only after a delay

[eugenevdm]

I'm hoping some PHP expert will find this post. I want to run a script from a web page - let's for example take 'checkoutscript.php'. However, in this script I want to execute some code - in delay - and while the delay is active I want to transfer control back to the web page. This is the classical >dosomething & in Unix. To put this another way:

 

I have a web page:

It calls 'checkoutscript.php'

Checkoutscript runs and fires off 'delayscript.php'

Control is passed back to the web page.

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some delay happens (say 60 seconds)

delayscript executes

 

THE END

 

Please assist.

[Roger]

I'm not a php guru at all but maybe something along these lines will get you started:

 

<?php
sleep(60);
include("yourfile.php");
?>

Where 60 is the number of seconds.