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<h1 class="refname">pcntl_async_signals</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 7 >= 7.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pcntl_async_signals</span> — <span class="dc-title">Enable/disable asynchronous signal handling or return the old setting</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pcntl_async_signals</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$on</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
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If the <code class="parameter">on</code> parameter is omitted,
<span class="function"><strong>pcntl_async_signals()</strong></span> returns whether asynchronous signal
handling is enabled. Otherwise, asynchronous signal handling is enabled or
disabled.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<code class="parameter">on</code></dt>
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Whether asynchronous signal handling should be enabled.
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When used as getter (that is without the optional parameter) it returns
whether asynchronous signal handling is enabled. When used as setter (that is
with the optional parameter given), it returns whether asynchronous signal
handling was enabled <em class="emphasis">before</em> the function call.
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