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<h1 class="refname">setproctitle</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL proctitle >= 0.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">setproctitle</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the process title</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>setproctitle</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$title</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sets the process title of the current process.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.setproctitle-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">title</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The title to use as the process title.
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.setproctitle-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
No value is returned.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>setproctitle()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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Running the example below will change the process title (visible with
<em>ps a</em> for example).
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />setproctitle</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"myscript"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
$ ps a
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1168 pts/3 S 0:00 myscript
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.setproctitle-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pcntl-fork.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pcntl_fork()</a> - Forks the currently running process</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.setthreadtitle.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">setthreadtitle()</a> - Set the thread title</span></li>
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