How to run file execution in background on Ubuntu server?

Question

linux

Hello! There is an application on the Ubuntu Web Server. The socket server is also written in the socket.php file.
In the terminal I do manually
-> php socket.php
It runs.
Question: how to send a command from the application so that the server starts this file in the background - the socket server?
And it was also possible to stop the execution of the file through the application.

Answer 1

Through crontab, service, daemon, nohup. Or like php socket.php &. There are many options.