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[nycphp-talk] loop

FB` fb at intldef.org
Fri Dec 20 10:47:17 EST 2002


How about passing the $run variable for the while loop (as someone else
mentioned) through the browser, via get?

so you could go to
http://tinyembedded/control.php?run=true
or
http://tinyembedded/control.php?run=false
to start and stop, respectively...

FB`


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <brian at preston-campbell.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] loop


> The script will specifically not time out.  I don't want it to.  The
> issue is that it is running on a tiny embedded server (see
> http://www.boa.org) running php3lite, a reduced version of php for just
> such a system.  I opened a browser three days ago, started the script,
> and then closed the browser.  If I need to kill the process I am not
> sure how to do it other than restarting the server although I can
> probably end it with [kill -1 php] in ssh.  Since these are not normal
> circumstances, I was curious if there might be another way to end the
> process.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 23:09, CHUN-YIU LAM wrote:
> > I think what he meant to say is why the webserver did not timeout..
> >
> > Matthew
> >
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> > From: Adam Fields <fields at surgam.net>
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> > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:27:15PM -0500, Brian wrote:
> >  > I am currently using a script to move a webcam at certain time
intervals.
> >   The
> >  > script never times out and uses the following to run indefinitely:
> >  >
> >  > for (;;) {
> >  > [camera instuctions]
> >  > }
> >  >
> >  > Anyone know the principal behind this snippet and why it works?  I
have
> > not
> >  > been able to find any information on the subject.
> >
> > This is clearly documented in the online manual:
> >
> > http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.for.php
> >
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