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pclose() function in PHP
The pclose() function closes a pipe opened by popen(). It returns the termination status of the process that was run. In case of an error -1 is returned.
Syntax
pclose(file_pointer)
Parameters
file_pointer − Specifies the pipe
Return
The pclose() function returns the termination status of the process that was run. In case of an error -1 is returned.
Example
<?php
// opening a pipe
$file_pointer = popen("/bin/ls", "r");
pclose($file_pointer);
?>Output
TRUE
Let us see another example.
Example
<?php
// opening a pipe
$file_pointer = popen("/executable/setup.exe", "r");
pclose($file_pointer);
?>Output
TRUE
Updated on: 24-Jun-2020
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