pcntl_exec
pcntl_exec
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pcntl_exec — Executes specified program in current process space
Description
bool pcntl_exec ( string $path [, array $args [, array $envs ]] )
Executes the program with the given arguments.
Parameters
path
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
args
is an array of argument strings passed to the program.
envs
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.
Return Values
Returns FALSE
on error and does not return on success.
← pcntl_errno
pcntl_fork →
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