start/stop shoutcast form a webpage

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i know there is probably a prettier way to do this, but here is how i kill sc_trans

PHP Code:


$command = "ps";
$output = shell_exec($command);
$pids = split("\\xa", $output);


for ($x = 0; $x < count($pids); $x++){
        if (strpos($pids[$x], "sc_trans") <> 0){
                $theparts = split(" ", trim($pids[$x]));
                $thetransnum = $theparts[0];
                break;
        }
}

exec("kill -TERM $thetransnum"); 


now i know this just finds the first sc_trans pid and terminates it, but it seems to work since i guess the others are just child processes of that first one so are also killed, hope this helps.


on a side note i wrote a script for starting sc_trans

PHP Code:

exec("nohup ./sc_trans > /dev/null &"); 


and for some reason this will shutdown every so often and i cant figure out why. i just restart it and it works for another day or so, probably server related but any suggestions would be great