Open and close a pipe to the program specified in the command parameter:
| <?php $file = popen(“/bin/ls”,“r”); //some code to be executed pclose($file); ?> |
A pipe opened by popen() is closed using the pclose() function.
| pclose(pipe) |
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Parameter |
Description |
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pipe |
Essential. identifies the pipe that popen() opened. |
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Return Value: |
Upon failure, the termination state is -1. |
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PHP Version: |
4.0+ |