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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here is the way I got it to do what I think you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> '1250' => 1. answer() [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 2. setMusiconhold(jazz) [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 3. AGI(wait10.sh) [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 4. playback(vm-goodbye) [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 5. setMusiconhold(monkey) [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 6. system("/var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/wait10.sh &") [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 7. playback(vm-goodbye) [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 8. hangup() [pbx_config]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Without the &, AGI and system both execute and wait for completion of wait10.sh. with the &, the system command returns control to the dialplan immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonas Kellens<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [asterisk-users] Execute a script outside Asterisk<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Hello,<br><br>will this : <br><br>Exten => 2,n,playback(vm-goodbye)<br><br>be executed even when <br><br>Exten => 2,1,system(Jonas.php)<br><br>is still executing ??<br><br><br>The exact snippet would be :<br><br><br>Exten => s,1,answer()<br>Exten => s,n,system(Jonas.php) ; script that may take a minute<br>Exten => s,n,do something<br>Exten => s,n,Dial(SIP/peer1,,10) ; dial peer 1<br>Exten => s,n,system(Jonas.php) ; script that may take a minute<br>Exten => s,n,do something<br>Exten => s,n,Dial(SIP/peer2,,10) ; dial peer 2<br>Exten => s,n,system(Jonas.php) ; script that may take a minute<br>Exten => s,n,do something<br>Exten => s,n,Dial(SIP/peer3,,10) ; dial peer 3<br>Exten => s,n,hangup()<br><br>The peer MUST be dialed even if the script Jonas.php is still running.<br><br><br>Jonas.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 01/23/2013 03:44 PM, Danny Nicholas wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Let’s assume you’re using this snippet</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>[default]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => s,1,answer()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => s,n,playback(tt-monkeys)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => s,n,waitexten(6)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => s,n,hangup()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => 1,1,AGI(Jonas.php)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => 1,n,playback(vm-goodbye)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => 1,n,hangup()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => 2,1,system(Jonas.php)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => 2,n,playback(vm-goodbye)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Exten => 2,n,hangup()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Both of these do the exact same thing – pick up the line, play tt-monkeys, run Jonas.php if you press 1 or 2, play vm-goodbye and hangup. The failure of Jonas.php due to database or any other problem would not affect the execution of the dialplan.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a> [<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonas Kellens<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [asterisk-users] Execute a script outside Asterisk</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Hello,<br><br>thank you for your answer.<br><br>The most important here is that Asterisk continues with the rest of the dialplan, in case the database-connection fails or hangs or ...<br><br>I don't think the System()-command makes this true.<br><br><br><br>Jonas.<br><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 01/23/2013 03:27 PM, Danny Nicholas wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would vote for system() on two accounts. #1 AGI requires more overhead and protocol #2 you are not expecting a result to return to the dialplan. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a> [<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonas Kellens<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> [asterisk-users] Execute a script outside Asterisk</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Hello,<br><br>at certain time inside my dialplan I would like to have an external php script executed. Asterisk should not wait for the end of the execution to continue with the rest of the dialplan. It should just start the execution of the php script (which inserts an entry into a remote mysql-DB).<br><br>What is the best way to work ?<br><br>- with AGI inside the dialplan ?<br>- with the system()-command inside the dialplan ?<br><br><br><br>Kind regards,<br>Jonas.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>--<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>_____________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by <a href="http://www.api-digital.com">http://www.api-digital.com</a> --<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>New to Asterisk? 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