在Windows网络驱动器上使用php exec（），无需等待或超时

Question

I have searched extensively to solve the issue of opening an external program in phpdesktop without PHP waiting ultimately making PHP timeout.

I need to be able to launch the program with exec() and have the rest of the PHP code execute without waiting on the exec() command. I have tried multiple solutions. To make matters even more complicated the file that is being opened is on a networked drive. Here is what I have tried but has not worked

pclose(popen('start' .$File. '>NUL 2>NUL"', 'r'));   This didn't work because the drive is on the network

exec($File);              Doesn't work as it waits instead of executing the remainder of the code

system($File);            Doesn't work. Same result as exec()

exec($File > /dev/null);  Obviously doesnt work because php is on windows

The file being executed is a video file: mp4, avi or mkv. So it's opening the external video player file but like I said above PHP ultimately times out and gives an error after 30 seconds without executing the rest of the code. I just need PHP to ignore the program it opened and go on about its tasks. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You could use something like "nircmd" which is a windows command-line utility to perform tasks and is a perfect fit for php-desktop. You can use the variety of "exec" actions "nircmd" has, so you could call whatever you want and immediately return to php. See the manual (.chm archive), under windows 7/10 you might have to "unblock" that help file (at file properties), to view the contents.