I started this process (time.php)

<?php

ignore_user_abort(true); // run script in background
set_time_limit(0);       // run script forever 
$interval = 300;         // do every 1 minute...
do
{ 
    // add the script that has to be ran every 1 minute here
    // ...

    $to      = "xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com";
    $subject = "Hello Richie";
    $header  = "From: me@xxxxxxxxx.org";
    $body    = "Hello Richard,\n\n"
             . "I was just testing this service\n\n "
             . "Thanks! ";

    mail($to, $subject, $body, $header);

    sleep($interval); // wait 5 minutes

} while(true); 
?>

but I now want to stop it. It's sending hundreds of mail to my Gmail a/c. It's on a web server where I cant restart it to kill the process.

Is there a way to execute another file to kill the process, or how do I go about?

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