function run_process($cmd,$outputFile = '/dev/null', $append = false){
                        $pid=0;
                    if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {//'This is a server using Windows!';
                            $cmd = 'wmic process call create "'.$cmd.'" | find "ProcessId"';
                            $handle = popen("start /B ". $cmd, "r");
                            $read = fread($handle, 200); //Read the output 
                            $pid=substr($read,strpos($read,'=')+1);
                            $pid=substr($pid,0,strpos($pid,';') );
                            $pid = (int)$pid;
                            pclose($handle); //Close
                    }else{
                        $pid = (int)shell_exec(sprintf('%s %s %s 2>&1 & echo $!', $cmd, ($append) ? '>>' : '>', $outputFile));
                    }
                        return $pid;
                }
                function is_process_running($pid){
                    if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {//'This is a server using Windows!';
                            //tasklist /FI "PID eq 6480"
                        $result = shell_exec('tasklist /FI "PID eq '.$pid.'"' );
                        if (count(preg_split("/\n/", $result)) > 0 && !preg_match('/No tasks/', $result)) {
                            return true;
                        }
                    }else{
                        $result = shell_exec(sprintf('ps %d 2>&1', $pid));
                        if (count(preg_split("/\n/", $result)) > 2 && !preg_match('/ERROR: Process ID out of range/', $result)) {
                            return true;
                        }
                    }
                    return false;
                }
                function stop_process($pid){
                        if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {//'This is a server using Windows!';
                                $result = shell_exec('taskkill /PID '.$pid );
                            if (count(preg_split("/\n/", $result)) > 0 && !preg_match('/No tasks/', $result)) {
                                return true;
                            }
                        }else{
                                $result = shell_exec(sprintf('kill %d 2>&1', $pid));
                            if (!preg_match('/No such process/', $result)) {
                                return true;
                            }
                        }
                }
                    $cmd='';
                    if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {//'This is a server using Windows!';
                         $cmd=  $php_path.'\php.exe '.$path.'\long_process.php' ;    
                    }else{
                        $cmd='/usr/bin/php -f  /var/www/example.com/public/long_process.php';
                    }
$pid=run_process($cmd);