melmack3@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello
>
> My PHP script executes many bash/cmd commands.
> Functions like "exec()" or "system()" cause that new bash/cmd session
> is started,
> the command is executed and the session is closed. Unfortunately
> it is very slow process so I would like to increase performance and
> open one bash/cmd session on the begin of my script and execute
> the commands such as in normal system opened bash/cmd window and close
> it
> at the end of my PHP script.
> Does anybody know whether and (if yes) how can I do that?
>
> PS. I need the retrieve informations from previous command before
> executing next command because next command is strongly dependent on
> the
> results from previous command.
>
> Best regards
> Melmack
>

Melmack,

You might be able to open the command shell with proc_open() and
communicate through the pipes.

I've never tried it in PHP, but done similar in C before.


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