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expect_popen

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

expect_popen -- Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process

Description

resource expect_popen ( string command )

Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process.

Parameters

command: Command to execute.

Return Values

Returns an open PTY stream to the process'es stdio, stdout and stderr.

On failure this function returns FALSE.

Examples

Example 1. expect_popen() example


<?php
// Login to the PHP.net CVS repository:
$stream = expect_popen ("cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.php.net:/repository login");
sleep (3);
fwrite ($stream, "phpfi\n");
fclose ($stream);
?>