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expect_popen
(PECL expect >= 0.1.0)
expect_popen — Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process
Description
expect_popen
( string $command
) : resource
Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process.
Parameters
command- Command to execute.
Return Values
Returns an open PTY stream to the processes stdio,
stdout, and stderr.
On failure this function returns FALSE.
Examples
Example #1 expect_popen() example
<?php// Login to the PHP.net CVS repository:$stream = expect_popen ("cvs -d :pserver:[email protected]:/repository login");sleep (3);fwrite ($stream, "phpfi\n");fclose ($stream);?>