expect_popen
(PECL expect:0.1-0.2.2)
expect_popen — Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to
the process
Description
resource expect_popen
( string $command
)
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);
?>