proc_terminate()

proc_terminate - Kills a process opened by proc_open

Syntax

bool proc_terminate (resource $process, int $signal)

Arguments

• process - The proc_open() resource that will be closed.
• signal - This optional parameter is only useful on POSIXoperating systems; you may specify a signal to send to the process using the kill(2)system call. The default is SIGTERM.

Description

Signals a process (created using proc_open()) that it should terminate. proc_terminate() returns immediately and does not wait for the process to terminate.

Version

PHP 5

Return value

Returns the termination status of the process that was run.