PHP popen() Function
Definition and Usage
The popen() function opens a process file pointer.
Syntax
popen(command,mode)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| command | Required. Specifies the command to be executed. |
| mode |
Required. Specifies the connection mode. Possible values:
|
Description
Opens a pipe to a process specified by spawning command command execution.
to return a fopen() with the same file pointer returned by pclose() to close. This pointer can be used fgets(),fgetss() and fwrite().
If an error occurs, it returns false.
Example
<?php
$file = popen("/bin/ls","r");
//Some code to be executed
pclose($file);
?>
