#!/usr/local/bin/python
import cgi, cgitb
import time
import threading

class TestThread(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(self):
         super(TestThread, self).__init__()

     def run(self):
        time.sleep(5)
        fileHand = open('../Documents/writable/output.txt', 'w')
        fileHand.write('Big String Goes Here.')
        fileHand.close()

print 'Starting Program'

thread1 = TestThread()
#thread1.daemon = True
thread1.start()

#!/usr/local/bin/python
import time
from multiprocessing import Process, Pipe

def f():
    time.sleep(5)
    fileHand = open('../Documents/writable/output.txt', 'w')
    fileHand.write('Big String Goes Here.')
    fileHand.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print 'Starting Program'
    p = Process(target=f)
    p.start()

//PHP
exec("php child_script.php > /dev/null &");