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expect_popen

(PECL expect >= 0.1.0)

expect_popenExecute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process

Description

expect_popen(string $command): resource

Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process.

Parameters

command

Command to execute.

Return Values

Returns an open PTY stream to the processes stdio, stdout, and stderr.

On failure this function returns false.

Examples

Example #1 expect_popen() example

<?php
// Login to the PHP.net CVS repository:
$stream = expect_popen ("cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.php.net:/repository login");
sleep (3);
fwrite ($stream, "phpfi\n");
fclose ($stream);
?>

See Also

  • popen() - Opens process file pointer

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