<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Runtime Configuration</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="expect.installation.html">Installation</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="expect.resources.html">Resource Types</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="expect.setup.html">Installing/Configuring</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="expect.configuration" class="section"> <h2 class="title">Runtime Configuration</h2> <p class="simpara"> The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in <var class="filename">php.ini</var>. </p> <p class="para"> In order to configure expect extension, there are configuration options in the <a href="configuration.file.html" class="link">configuration file</a> <var class="filename">php.ini</var>. <table class="doctable table"> <caption><strong>Expect Configure Options</strong></caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Default</th> <th>Changeable</th> <th>Changelog</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td><a href="expect.configuration.html#ini.expect.timeout" class="link">expect.timeout</a></td> <td>"10"</td> <td>PHP_INI_ALL</td> <td class="empty"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="expect.configuration.html#ini.expect.loguser" class="link">expect.loguser</a></td> <td>"1"</td> <td>PHP_INI_ALL</td> <td class="empty"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="expect.configuration.html#ini.expect.logfile" class="link">expect.logfile</a></td> <td>""</td> <td>PHP_INI_ALL</td> <td class="empty"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="expect.configuration.html#ini.expect.match-max" class="link">expect.match_max</a></td> <td>""</td> <td>PHP_INI_ALL</td> <td class="empty"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> For further details and definitions of the PHP_INI_* modes, see the <a href="configuration.changes.modes.html" class="xref">Where a configuration setting may be set</a>. </p> <p class="para">Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.</p> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt id="ini.expect.timeout"> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">expect.timeout</code></em> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> The timeout period for waiting for the data, when using the <span class="function"><a href="function.expect-expectl.html" class="function">expect_expectl()</a></span> function. </p> <p class="para"> A value of "-1" disables a timeout from occurring. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> A value of "0" causes the <span class="function"><a href="function.expect-expectl.html" class="function">expect_expectl()</a></span> function to return immediately. </p> </p></blockquote> </dd> </dt> <dt id="ini.expect.loguser"> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">expect.loguser</code></em> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> Whether expect should send any output from the spawned process to stdout. Since interactive programs typically echo their input, this usually suffices to show both sides of the conversation. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt id="ini.expect.logfile"> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">expect.logfile</code></em> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> Name of the file, where the output from the spawned process will be written. If this file doesn't exist, it will be created. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> If this configuration is not empty, the output is written regardless of the value of <a href="expect.configuration.html#ini.expect.loguser" class="link">expect.loguser</a>. </p> </p></blockquote> </dd> </dt> <dt id="ini.expect.match-max"> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">expect.match_max</code></em> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> Changes default size (2000 bytes) of the buffer used to match asterisks in patterns. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="expect.installation.html">Installation</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="expect.resources.html">Resource Types</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="expect.setup.html">Installing/Configuring</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>