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[FB`]

I see what you mean..

what about using a value set in another way to start/stop the loop - for ex,
reading the contents of a file every so many loops and continuing or not
based on that.

this file would then be altered by the $run=false script, and the currently
running script could exit when in encounters the changed value...

FB`

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <brian at preston-campbell.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop


> That would merely start a non-running instance of the same script, as
opposed
> to killing the one that is looping on the server.
>
> I'm looking into Hans' suggestion of
>
> >You could have PHP kill itself in various way, if this helps:
>
> >http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.posix.php
> >http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pcntl.php
>
> I have to look into how PHP was compiled and if these will be possible.
Back
> to the limits of an embedded system -- can't compile anything.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Friday 20 December 2002 10:48 am, FB` wrote:
> > How about passing the $run variable for the while loop (as someone else
> > mentioned) through the browser, via get?
> >
> > so you could go to
> > http://tinyembedded/control.php?run=true
> > or
> > http://tinyembedded/control.php?run=false
> > to start and stop, respectively...
> >
> > FB`
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian" <brian at preston-campbell.com>
> > To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 7:35 AM
> > Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop
> >
> > > The script will specifically not time out.  I don't want it to.  The
> > > issue is that it is running on a tiny embedded server (see
> > > http://www.boa.org) running php3lite, a reduced version of php for
just
> > > such a system.  I opened a browser three days ago, started the script,
> > > and then closed the browser.  If I need to kill the process I am not
> > > sure how to do it other than restarting the server although I can
> > > probably end it with [kill -1 php] in ssh.  Since these are not normal
> > > circumstances, I was curious if there might be another way to end the
> > > process.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 23:09, CHUN-YIU LAM wrote:
> > > > I think what he meant to say is why the webserver did not timeout..
> > > >
> > > > Matthew
> > > >
> > > > ----Original Message Follows----
> > > > From: Adam Fields <fields at surgam.net>
> > > > Reply-To: talk at nyphp.org
> > > > To: NYPHP Talk <talk at nyphp.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop
> > > > Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:35:24 -0500
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> > > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:27:15PM -0500, Brian wrote:
> > > >  > I am currently using a script to move a webcam at certain time
> >
> > intervals.
> >
> > > >   The
> > > >
> > > >  > script never times out and uses the following to run
indefinitely:
> > > >  >
> > > >  > for (;;) {
> > > >  > [camera instuctions]
> > > >  > }
> > > >  >
> > > >  > Anyone know the principal behind this snippet and why it works?
I
> >
> > have
> >
> > > > not
> > > >
> > > >  > been able to find any information on the subject.
> > > >
> > > > This is clearly documented in the online manual:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > - Adam
> > > >
> > > > -----
> > > > Adam Fields, Managing Partner, fields at surgam.net
> > > > Surgam, Inc. is a technology consulting firm with strong background
in
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> > > > http://www.adamfields.com
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