pclose
pclose
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pclose — Closes process file pointer
Parameters
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handle
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The file pointer must be valid, and must have been returned by a successful call to popen().
Return Values
Returns the termination status of the process that was run. In case of an error then -1 is returned.
Note:
If PHP has been compiled with --enable-sigchild, the return value of this function is undefined.
Examples
Example #1 pclose() example
<?php $handle = popen('/bin/ls', 'r'); pclose($handle); ?>
Notes
Note: Unix Only:
pclose() is internally implemented using the waitpid(3) system call. To obtain the real exit status code the pcntl_wexitstatus() function should be used.
See Also
- popen() - Opens process file pointer
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