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posix_getrlimit()

posix_getrlimit - Return info about system resource limits

Syntax

array posix_getrlimit ()

Arguments

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Description

posix_getrlimit() returns an array of information about the current resource's soft and hard limits.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns an associative array of elements for each limit that is defined. Each limit has a soft and a hard limit. List of possible limits returned Limit name Limit description core The maximum size of the core file. When 0, not core files are created. When core files are larger than this size, they will be truncated at this size. totalmem The maximum size of the memory of the process, in bytes. virtualmem The maximum size of the virtual memory for the process, in bytes. data The maximum size of the data segment for the process, in bytes. stack The maximum size of the process stack, in bytes. rss The maximum number of virtual pages resident in RAM maxproc The maximum number of processes that can be created for the real user ID of the calling process. memlock The maximum number of bytes of memory that may be locked into RAM. cpu The amount of time the process is allowed to use the CPU. filesize The maximum size of the data segment for the process, in bytes. openfiles One more than the maximum number of open file descriptors.