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PHP : Function Reference : Expect Functions : expect_popen

expect_popen

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

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 process'es stdio, stdout and stderr.

On failure this function returns FALSE.

Examples

Example 605. expect_popen() example

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<?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);
?>

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