Php run batch file in background

Thanks for the response, but this did not work for me. I found that many solution ideas in the internet, but nothing worked for me.

Now i finally found the solution! The keyword is popen! This works nice:

$handle = popen ('start /B C:\Data\restart_TS3.bat > C:\Daten\restart_TS3.log 2>&1', 'r');
pclose ($handle);
header("Location:ts3_status.php");

This do following: popen opens a background process that starts the batch file, output goes to the log file. Then you need to close it with pclose. (the batch is still running in background) After that, it opens another website, in my case its a "see current status" website.

If you dont want a log, you can also output (like MarkB told before) with >nul. This would look like that:

$handle = popen ('start /B C:\Data\restart_TS3.bat >nul 2>&1', 'r');

And be careful with empty spaces in the path! I dont know why, but this will not work:'start /B "C:\Data Folder\restart_TS3.bat" >nul 2>&1' In that cases you need " in the folder like that:

$handle = popen ('start /B C:\"Data Folder"\restart_TS3.bat >nul 2>&1', 'r');

This works fine with empty space in Folder names.

I try to execute a .bat file (Windows Server with xampp) from php in Background. After i klick on the button, it also should go to another Website.
But when i click on the button, the browser is waiting for the script to finish. Mostly this is ending in a timeout.

my php code:

if (isset($_POST['test']))
{
    exec('C:\Daten\test.bat');
    header("Location:test_status.php");
}

how can i tell the php exec, to dont wait?

I tried also following, but does not work:

exec('C:\Daten\test.bat' . '> /dev/null &');

Table of contents
• Execute .bat file from php in background
• Run .cmd or a .bat file from php?
• Create Batch File (.BAT) to Run EXE Program

Execute .bat file from php in background

if (isset($_POST['test']))
{
    exec('C:\Daten\test.bat');
    header("Location:test_status.php");
}

exec('C:\Daten\test.bat' . '> /dev/null &');

$handle = popen ('start /B C:\Data\restart_TS3.bat > C:\Daten\restart_TS3.log 2>&1', 'r');
pclose ($handle);
header("Location:ts3_status.php");

$handle = popen ('start /B C:\Data\restart_TS3.bat >nul 2>&1', 'r');

$handle = popen ('start /B C:\"Data Folder"\restart_TS3.bat >nul 2>&1', 'r');

exec('start c:\daten\test.bat');

exec("start cmd /c test.bat", $output);
var_dump($output);

Run .cmd or a .bat file from php?

Method1
$shell = new COM("WScript.Shell") or die("Requires Windows Scripting Host");
$exePath = ("C:\TestFolder\Batch.bat");//also tried Command.cmd
$shell->exec($exePath);

Method2
$result = `C:\TestFolder\Batch.bat`;//also tried Command.cmd

Method3
exec("C:\TestFolder\Batch.bat", &$Result);//also tried Command.cmd

Method4
system("cmd /c C:\TestFolder\Batch.bat");//also tried Command.cmd

How to run a php script in background

Syntax : {command} &

Example: ls -l & exec php index.php > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $

ps -l (list all process)
ps -ef (all full details of process)

Syntax: nohup exec arg1 arg2 > /dev/null &

Example: nohup exec php process.php hello world > /dev/null &

$proc=new BackgroundProcess('exec php /process.php hello world');

$proc=new BackgroundProcess();
$proc->setCmd('exec php /process.php hello world');
$proc->start();

$proc=new BackgroundProcess();
$proc->setCmd('exec php /process.php hello world')->start();

$process=new BackgroundProcess("curl -s -o /log/log_storewav.log  -d param_key=");

$proc=new BackgroundProcess();
print_r($proc->showAllPocess());

$proc=new BackgroundProcess();
$proc->setProcessId(101)->stop(); //set the process id.

can't execute .bat file from php

c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\cscript.exe c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\labor.vbs /store_list:"store1;store2" /start_date:"2013-01-21" /end_date:"2013-01-24"

$cmd .= 'c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\cscript.exe c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\labor.vbs /store_list:"' . urldecode($store_list) . '" /start_date:"' . urldecode($start_date) . '" /end_date:"' . urldecode($end_date) . '"';
$fname = 'c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\repost_labor.bat';
$fp = fopen($fname, 'w');
fwrite($fp, "@echo off\n" . $cmd);
fclose($fp);
exec($fname, $out, $retval);
print_r($out);
echo($retval);

Array
(
   [0] => 
   [1] => C:\inetpub\wwwroot\functions>c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\cscript.exe c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\labor.vbs /store_list:"store1;store2" /start_date:"2013-01-21" /end_date:"2013-01-24"
)

@echo off
echo Running
cmd /c cscript.exe c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\labor.vbs /store_list:"store1;store2" /start_date:"2013-02-03" /end_date:"2013-02-05"

cmd /c cscript.exe c:\scripts\labor\scheduled\labor.vbs /store_list:"store1;store2" /start_date:"2013-02-03" /end_date:"2013-02-05"

cmd /c schtasks /delete /tn "repost_labor" /u  /p  /f /s 

Exec

Returned with status 0 and output:
Array
(
    [0] => cmb
)

Create Batch File (.BAT) to Run EXE Program

start "C:\Path\Program.exe"

start "MyProgram" "C:\Path\Program.exe" /param1 /param2

start "" "C:\Path\Program.exe" /param1 /param2
pause

@echo off
start "" "C:\Path\Program.exe" /param1 /param2

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