posix_kill
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
posix_kill — Send a signal to a process
Description
posix_kill(int $process_id, int $signal): bool
Send the signal signal to the process with the process identifier process_id.
Parameters
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process_id -
The process identifier.
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signal -
One of the PCNTL signals constants.
Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
See Also
- The kill(2) manual page of the POSIX system, which contains additional information about negative process identifiers, the special pid 0, the special pid -1, and the signal number 0.
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