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<h1 class="refname">proc_terminate</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">proc_terminate</span> — <span class="dc-title">Kills a process opened by proc_open</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>proc_terminate</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$process</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$signal</code><span class="initializer"> = 15</span></span>
] )</div>
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Signals a <em><code class="parameter">process</code></em> (created using
<span class="function"><a href="function.proc-open.html" class="function">proc_open()</a></span>) that it should terminate.
<span class="function"><strong>proc_terminate()</strong></span> returns immediately and does not wait
for the process to terminate.
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<span class="function"><strong>proc_terminate()</strong></span> allows you terminate the process and
continue with other tasks. You may poll the process (to see if it has
stopped yet) by using the <span class="function"><a href="function.proc-get-status.html" class="function">proc_get_status()</a></span> function.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">process</code></em></span>
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The <span class="function"><a href="function.proc-open.html" class="function">proc_open()</a></span> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span> that will
be closed.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">signal</code></em></span>
<dd>
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This optional parameter is only useful on <acronym title="Portable Operating System Interface">POSIX</acronym>
operating systems; you may specify a signal to send to the process
using the <em>kill(2)</em> system call. The default is
<em>SIGTERM</em>.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the termination status of the process that was run.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.proc-terminate-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.2.2</td>
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Previous versions used to destroy the given process
<em><code class="parameter">resource</code></em>.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.proc-terminate-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.proc-open.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">proc_open()</a> - Execute a command and open file pointers for input/output</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.proc-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">proc_close()</a> - Close a process opened by proc_open and return the exit code of that process</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.proc-get-status.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">proc_get_status()</a> - Get information about a process opened by proc_open</span></li>
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