how do you issue commands to the shell and then forget it's output and such? for example:
<?php
echo `sleep 2;echo hi`;
echo "foo";
?>
the result for this is hifoo. i would want a result that gives me foohi. why? i want the command issued to the shell simply issued and forgotten, i am confused about why PHP will wait for the result. is such a result possible?
(the idea behind this is setting up the correct number of selenium grid RC instances programatically. currently, it will stop after the first process is opened)