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<h1 class="refname">posix_get_last_error</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">posix_get_last_error</span> — <span class="dc-title">Retrieve the error number set by the last posix function that failed</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>posix_get_last_error</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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Retrieve the error number set by the last posix function that failed.
The system error message associated with the errno may be checked with
<span class="function"><a href="function.posix-strerror.html" class="function">posix_strerror()</a></span>.
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Returns the errno (error number) set by the last posix function that
failed. If no errors exist, 0 is returned.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>posix_get_last_error()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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This example attempt to kill a bogus process id, which will set the
last error. We will then print out the last errno.
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />posix_kill</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">999459</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">SIGKILL</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Your error returned was '</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">posix_get_last_error</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">//Your error was ___<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.posix-strerror.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">posix_strerror()</a> - Retrieve the system error message associated with the given errno</span></li>
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