Better way to execute this call?

[laredotornado@zipmail.com]

Hi,

I'm using PHP 5. I'm wondering if there is a way to optimize the
below. Specifically, I'm making a call in the background to wget, but
I'm retrieving a page from my own server ...


function saveFile($p_use r_id, $p_file_path) {
$id = getId($p_file_p ath);

exec("wget -b ".
str_replace($_S ERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], "http://" .
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], dirname(__FILE_ _) . "/filemanager/
process_file.ph p?file_id=$id") );

return $id;
} // saveFile

This seems wasteful. Is there a way to execute the equivalent of this
call without going out on the web?

Thanks, - Dave

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Better way to execute this call?

laredotornado@z ipmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
I'm using PHP 5. I'm wondering if there is a way to optimize the
below. Specifically, I'm making a call in the background to wget, but
I'm retrieving a page from my own server ...
>
>
function saveFile($p_use r_id, $p_file_path) {
$id = getId($p_file_p ath);
>
exec("wget -b ".
str_replace($_S ERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], "http://" .
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], dirname(__FILE_ _) . "/filemanager/
process_file.ph p?file_id=$id") );
>
return $id;
} // saveFile
>
This seems wasteful. Is there a way to execute the equivalent of this
call without going out on the web?
>
Thanks, - Dave
>

The first question I have is - what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

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Re: Better way to execute this call?

On 19 Aug, 21:38, "laredotorn...@ zipmail.com"
<laredotorn...@ zipmail.comwrot e:

Hi,
>
I'm using PHP 5. I'm wondering if there is a way to optimize the
below. Specifically, I'm making a call in the background to wget, but
I'm retrieving a page from my own server ...
>
function saveFile($p_use r_id, $p_file_path) {
$id = getId($p_file_p ath);
>
exec("wget -b ".
str_replace($_S ERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], "http://" .
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], dirname(__FILE_ _) . "/filemanager/
process_file.ph p?file_id=$id") );
>
return $id;
} // saveFile
>
This seems wasteful. Is there a way to execute the equivalent of this
call without going out on the web?
>
Thanks, - Dave

firstly, using the file wrappers or curl would avoid the overhead of
starting a new process:
$result=file_ge t_contents(str_ replace($_SERVE R['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],
"http://" .
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], dirname(__FILE_ _) . "/filemanager/
process_file.ph p?file_id=$id") );

But there's no need to make a local HTTP request - just do:

ob_start();
$_GET['file_id']=$id;
include("./filemanager/process_file.ph p");
ob_end_clean(); // or fetch the buffer and parse it to see if it
worked

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