Shell_exec Background Process *Windows*
I am trying to get a shell_exec command to run in the background. So far I have tried:
$ret = shell_exec($ffmpegcmd1." >NUL 2>&1");$ret = shell_exec($ffmpegcmd1." >NUL 2>&1 &");$ret = shell_exec($ffmpegcmd1." >NUL");
without any luck.
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