running programs on the server thorugh php and server load

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by georgiecasey, Jul 8, 2006.

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    Hi,

    I want to have a page on my site that converts from one file format to another. To do this I have to run 4 different programs on my server one after the other, i do this in php using the exec() command. My question is, how can I ensure that a lot of people using the site don't crash my server??
     
    georgiecasey, Jul 8, 2006 IP