OK, so how about you queue the request (append to a text file) and send a '200 OK' header.

Then set up a cron job that runs every X minutes (5? 10? 30?).

This is how I'd do it. cron activated script:

• copies file of actions to temp file (to avoid issues of incoming requests corrupting data
• open temp file and action requests
• delete temp file
• open original file (using flock, of course :), remove actioned requests and rewrite

This way, the request data file doesn't get locked for long :)

cLive ;-)