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.
that is generated by fopen() with the same file pointer returned by pclose() to close. This pointer can be used fgets(),fgetss() and fwrite().
Returns false if an error occurs.
Example
<?php
$file = popen("/bin/ls","r");
//Some code to be executed
pclose($file);
?>
