I have a script in PHP that I run from a CLI.
Inside the script I have the following loop:
foreach($array as $key => $value){
exec("gnome-terminal -e php myscript.php $key $value > /dev/null");
}
What I am expecting to happen is that a new terminal will pop up and run my script and related arguments simultaneously in separate terminal windows.
Being able to visualize the data is simply for debugging. After I confirm that the script is working correctly, I want to run it in the background with this command:
exec("php myscript.php $key $value" > /dev/null &);
However, neither is working as expected. The second command, even though it runs, it still waits for the first script to finish before it goes to the next iteration of the loop.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. How can I get these to run simultaneously for debugging, and then simultaneously and silently in the background when not?
