pclose

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pclose - Closes process file pointer
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pclose( resource$handle ): int

Closes a file pointer to a pipe opened by popen.

Parameters

handle

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.

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.

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