Expect Functions
PHP Manual

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);
?>

See Also

  • popen