Program execution Functions

proc_get_status

Get information about a process opened by proc_open

Description

array proc_get_status(resource $process)

proc_get_status fetches data about a process opened using proc_open.

Parameters

process: The proc_open resource that will be evaluated.

Return Values

An array of collected information. The returned array contains the following elements:

element	type	description
command	string	The command string that was passed to proc_open.
pid	int	process id
running	bool	`true` if the process is still running, `false` if it has terminated.
signaled	bool	`true` if the child process has been terminated by an uncaught signal. Always set to `false` on Windows.
stopped	bool	`true` if the child process has been stopped by a signal. Always set to `false` on Windows.
exitcode	int	The exit code returned by the process (which is only meaningful if `running` is `false`). Only first call of this function return real value, next calls return `-1`.
termsig	int	The number of the signal that caused the child process to terminate its execution (only meaningful if `signaled` is `true`).
stopsig	int	The number of the signal that caused the child process to stop its execution (only meaningful if `stopped` is `true`).

See Also

proc_open