how to call a URL in background using PHP

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I want to call a 3rd party URL, this URL is given to me by my SMS portal which is used to send SMS to end users.
Now the problem is that when I call this URL through PHP the state changes and I'm redirected to that page, is there any method by which we can call this URL again and again, the reason I want to call the URL so many times is because there can be 1000 users so in the URL I have to mention the name of the user and there phone number.
This process should be asynchronous.

What have you tried so far? Post your code here for others to go through it. — web-nomad, Dec 18 '12 at 07:14
What have you tried, with `PHP` you could call a URL using `file_get_contents()`, `curl`, etc... Maybe try looking at one of those — PhearOfRayne, Dec 18 '12 at 07:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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What about exec() ?

Something like:

$code = escapeshellarg("file_get_contents('http://www.site.com/etc...');");
exec("php -r {$code} > /dev/null 2>&1 &");

More info about those arguments.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Dec 18 '12 at 07:15

Alain Tiemblo

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '12 at 07:13

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use CURL .See http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php for more details

answered Dec 18 '12 at 07:13

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I think Curl will solve the problem...thanks, il try it out and then again get back to you. – Abhishek Yadav Dec 18 '12 at 07:41

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 18 '12 at 09:43

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You can make another script that will send the request and you can then run it from your main script with a shell command by appending & or | at now at the end of the command to move the process in to background.

answered Dec 18 '12 at 09:43

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how to call a URL in background using PHP

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