Send HTTP request from PHP without waiting for response?

Question

I want to have an HTTP GET request sent from PHP. Example:

http://tracker.example.com?product_number=5230&price=123.52

The idea is to d

Answer 1

Came here whilst researching a similar problem. If you have a database connection handy, one other possibility is to quickly stuff the request details into a table, and then have a seperate cron-based process that periodically scans that table for new records to process, and makes the tracking request, freeing up your web application from having to make the HTTP request itself.