title: PHP: mysql_query without waiting
body: <p>Firstly I'm using the deprecated <code>mysql</code> functions (instead of <code>mysqli</code>) knowingly, so please do not tell me I should change to <code>mysqli</code>.</p>
  
  <p>My question is: if I want to do an INSERT or UPDATE and continue processing the PHP script immediately, without waiting for MySQL to complete the task, can I use <code>mysql_unbuffered_query</code> (is that what is does?) or if not, how can I achieve that?</p>