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<h1 class="refname">pcntl_exec</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pcntl_exec</span> — <span class="dc-title">Executes specified program in current process space</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pcntl_exec</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$path</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$args</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$envs</code></span>
]] )</div>
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Executes the program with the given arguments.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">path</code></em></span>
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<em><code class="parameter">path</code></em> must be the path to a binary executable or a
script with a valid path pointing to an executable in the shebang (
#!/usr/local/bin/perl for example) as the first line. See your system's
man execve(2) page for additional information.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">args</code></em></span>
<dd>
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<em><code class="parameter">args</code></em> is an array of argument strings passed to the
program.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">envs</code></em></span>
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<em><code class="parameter">envs</code></em> is an array of strings which are passed as
environment to the program. The array is in the format of name => value,
the key being the name of the environmental variable and the value being
the value of that variable.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error and does not return on success.
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