PHP pclose() Function

Open and close a pipe to the program specified in the command parameter:

<?php
$file = popen("/bin/ls","r");
//some code to be executed
pclose($file);
?>

Definition and Usage

The pclose() function closes a pipe opened by popen().

pclose( pipe)

Parameter	Description
pipe	Required. Specifies the pipe opened by popen()

Return Value:	The termination status, -1 on failure
PHP Version:	4.0+