expect_popen
(PECL expect >= 0.1.0)
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 processes 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);
?>