pcntl_alarm
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0)
pcntl_alarm -- Set an alarm clock for delivery of a signal
Description
int pcntl_alarm ( int seconds)
The pcntl_alarm() function creates a timer that will send
a SIGALRM signal to the process after seconds seconds. If
seconds is zero, no new alarm is created. Any call to pcntl_alarm()
will cancel any previously set alarm.
pcntl_alarm() will return the time in seconds that any
previously scheduled alarm had remaining before it was to
be delivered, or 0 if there was no previously scheduled
alarm.
pcntl_exec
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)
pcntl_exec -- Executes specified program in current process
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Description
bool pcntl_exec ( string path [, array args [, array envs]])
pcntl_exec() executes the program path with arguments args.
path must be the path to a binary executable or a script
with a valid path pointing to an executable in the shebang
( #!/usr/local/bin/perl for example) as the first line.
See your system's man execve(2) page for additional information.
args is an array of argument strings passed to the program.
envs is an array of strings which are passed as environment
to the program. The array is in the format of name =>
value, the key being the name of the environmental variable
and the value being the value of that variable.
pcntl_exec() returns FALSE on error and does not return
on success.
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