posix_kill
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
posix_kill — Send a signal to a process
Description
$process_id
, int $signal
): bool
Send the signal signal
to the process with
the process identifier process_id
.
Return Values
Returns true
on success or false
on failure.
See Also
- The kill(2) manual page of the POSIX system, which contains additional information about negative process identifiers, the special pid 0, the special pid -1, and the signal number 0.