This isn't the best solution but it might help bring down the total time. Can you set up a shell script to retrieve the content from a URL (in PHP if you wish) and then from your web app spawn 5 processes, with destination temporary files for the data which you can then poll for completion (microsleep here and there :)?
Cheers, Rob. On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 18:49, Evan Nemerson wrote: > php.net/pcntl_fork > > > > On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:09 am, David Otton wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:25:05 +0300, you wrote: > > >I am looking for PHP analog of Perl LWP::Parallel. > > >I need to fetch several URL(pages) from PHP at the same time. > > >I have a script which fetch 5-10 URL, each URL fetched 0.5 - 2 sec. > > >Totally it's about 10 seconds in average. > > >I suppose if I fetched them parallel I would speed up the script 5 times. > > >I am looking mostly for PHP solutions. > > >(Hope they exist :) > > > > Think you're out of luck. Yes, it's a problem I've run up against more than > > once. There's no thread support in PHP [4. Anyone know if it's in 5?]. > > > > I suppose you might be able to hack something together by spawning external > > processes, but... might as well just do it all externally then. > > -- > "The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages- as if the savages > weren't dangerous enough already." > > -Edward Abbey > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- .---------------------------------------------. | Worlds of Carnage - http://www.wocmud.org | :---------------------------------------------: | Come visit a world of myth and legend where | | fantastical creatures come to life and the | | stuff of nightmares grasp for your soul. | `---------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
