Update: 2026-05-08 14:47:40

app/modules_app/batches/finalize.php

@@ -58,26 +58,22 @@ $stmt = $db->prepare("
 ");
 $stmt->execute([$batchId]);
 
-// 3. If it's a single invoice, try processing it SYNCHRONOUSLY right now!
-if ($batch['total_images'] == 1) {
-    // We need the queue ID for this batch
-    $queueStmt = $db->prepare("SELECT id FROM invoice_processing_queue WHERE batch_id = ? AND status = 'pending' LIMIT 1");
-    $queueStmt->execute([$batchId]);
-    $queueId = $queueStmt->fetchColumn();
+// 3. Trigger the worker via a "Fire and Forget" HTTP request
+// This ensures processing starts immediately but the mobile app doesn't timeout.
+$workerUrl = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https://' : 'http://') . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/api/v1/batches/process-worker';
+$postData = json_encode(['batch_id' => $batchId]);
 
-    if ($queueId) {
-        InvoiceProcessor::processQueueItem((int)$queueId);
-    }
-} else {
-    // For multiple invoices, try triggering the worker in the background
-    $workerPath = ROOT_PATH . '/app/cron/process_batches.php';
-    $logPath = STORAGE_PATH . '/logs/cron.log';
-    // Mute exec since it might fail depending on server config
-    @exec("php " . escapeshellarg($workerPath) . " >> " . escapeshellarg($logPath) . " 2>&1 &");
-}
+$ch = curl_init($workerUrl);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1); // Only wait 1 second
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
+@curl_exec($ch);
+curl_close($ch);
 
 json_success([
     'batch_id' => $batchId,
     'status' => 'processing',
     'total_images' => $batch['total_images']
-], 'تم إنهاء الدفعة بنجاح وإرسالها للمعالجة');
+], 'تم إنهاء الدفعة بنجاح وبدء المعالجة الفورية');

app/modules_app/batches/process_worker.php

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Background Worker Trigger (HTTP)
+ * POST /api/v1/batches/process-worker
+ * 
+ * This endpoint is triggered by finalize.php to start processing in the background.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../bootstrap/init.php';
+
+use App\Services\InvoiceProcessor;
+use App\Core\Database;
+
+// 1. Ignore user abort and set no time limit
+ignore_user_abort(true);
+set_time_limit(0);
+
+// 2. Get batch ID
+$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+$batchId = $data['batch_id'] ?? null;
+
+if (!$batchId) {
+    exit('No batch ID');
+}
+
+// 3. Process all pending items for this batch
+$db = Database::getInstance();
+$stmt = $db->prepare("SELECT id FROM invoice_processing_queue WHERE batch_id = ? AND status = 'pending'");
+$stmt->execute([$batchId]);
+$items = $stmt->fetchAll();
+
+foreach ($items as $item) {
+    InvoiceProcessor::processQueueItem((int)$item['id']);
+}
+
+echo "Done";