I have a PHP site that performs Cron's that are triggered during client executions instead of a Cron manager. One of the Cron's that are performed takes a few seconds to execute, and it keeps the connection between the Client and the Server open until it is complete. Although I know I can set up a Cron to be fired from the Server instead of during Client runs, I would like to know if it is possible without following that format.
So, can the PHP script send a command to Apache (or whatever server it is hosted on) to close the connection between the Client and the Server, but continue to functions (so, without exiting)?