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

I needed to do something similar, just ping a url and discard all responses. I used the proc_open command which lets you end the process right away using proc_close. I'm assuming you have lynx installed on your server: