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<div id="function.expect-popen" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">expect_popen</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL expect >= 0.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">expect_popen</span> — <span class="dc-title">Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to
the process</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.expect-popen.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><b>expect_popen</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$command</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.expect-popen.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">command</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Command to execute.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.expect-popen.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an open PTY stream to the processes <i>stdio</i>,
<i>stdout</i>, and <i>stderr</i>.
</p>
<p class="para">
On failure this function returns <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b>.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.expect-popen.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>expect_popen()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Login to the PHP.net CVS repository:<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">expect_popen </span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.php.net:/repository login"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">sleep </span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">3</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fwrite </span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"phpfi\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose </span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.expect-popen.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.popen.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">popen()</a> - Opens process file pointer</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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