note 70708 added to function.pcntl-exec

The pcntl_exec() function works exactly like the standard (unix-style) exec() function. It differs from the regular PHP exec() function in that the process calling the pcntl_exec() is replaced with the process that gets called. This is the ideal method for creating children. In a simple example (that does no error checking): switch (pcntl_fork()) { case 0: $cmd = "/path/to/command"; $args = array("arg1", "arg2"); pcntl_exec($cmd, $args); // the child will only reach this point on exec failure, // because execution shifts to the pcntl_exec()ed command exit(0); default: break; } // parent continues echo "I am the parent"; -- since this is not being executed through a shell, you must provide the exact path from the filesystem root. Look at the execve() man page for more information. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 62.189.45.132 (proxied: 1.0 EU-UKEP-ISA01) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70708 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70708 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70708 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php