From: carb at videotron dot ca
Operating system: RedHat 9.0
PHP version: 4.3.2
PHP Bug Type: Apache related
Bug description: Process started with "exec cmd > /dev/null &" dies when httpd is
closed
Description:
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When forking off a process from PHP with the statement exec("command >
/dev/null &"), the process will get killed when the httpd is closed.
Note: This occurs even though ps is telling me that the parent process id
is init (parent process id 1).
Reproduce code:
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<?PHP
session_write_close();
//Simple example to reproduce problematic forking.
exec("ping localhost > /dev/null &");
?>
Expected result:
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A continuous ping process should be running in the backgroud,
independently of httpd. When httpd is closed, the ping (or whatever
relevant) process should keep running.
Actual result:
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When httpd is closed, the ping (or whatever relevant) process dies.
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Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24616&r=notwrong
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Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24616&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24616&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24616&r=php3
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