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pclose

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Closes process file pointer

Description

pclose(resource $handle): int

Closes a file pointer to a pipe opened by popen().

Parameters

handle: The file pointer must be valid, and must have been returned by a successful call to popen().

Return Values

Returns the termination status of the process that was run. In case of an error then -1 is returned.

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Examples

pclose() example

php

<?php
$handle = popen('/bin/ls', 'r');
pclose($handle);
?>

Notes

Note

pclose() is internally implemented using the waitpid(3) system call. To obtain the real exit status code the pcntl_wexitstatus() function should be used.