pcntl_sigwaitinfo

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

pcntl_sigwaitinfo — Waits for signals

Description

pcntl_sigwaitinfo ( array $set [, array &$siginfo ] ) : int

The pcntl_sigwaitinfo() function suspends execution of the calling script until one of the signals given in set are delivered. If one of the signal is already pending (e.g. blocked by pcntl_sigprocmask()), pcntl_sigwaitinfo() will return immediately.

Parameters

set

Array of signals to wait for.

siginfo

The siginfo parameter is set to an array containing information about the signal.

The following elements are set for all signals:

  • signo: Signal number
  • errno: An error number
  • code: Signal code

The following elements may be set for the SIGCHLD signal:

  • status: Exit value or signal
  • utime: User time consumed
  • stime: System time consumed
  • pid: Sending process ID
  • uid: Real user ID of sending process

The following elements may be set for the SIGILL, SIGFPE, SIGSEGV and SIGBUS signals:

  • addr: Memory location which caused fault

The following element may be set for the SIGPOLL signal:

  • band: Band event
  • fd: File descriptor number

Return Values

On success, pcntl_sigwaitinfo() returns a signal number.

Examples

Example #1 pcntl_sigwaitinfo() example

<?php
echo "Blocking SIGHUP signal\n";
pcntl_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, array(SIGHUP));

echo "Sending SIGHUP to self\n";
posix_kill(posix_getpid(), SIGHUP);

echo "Waiting for signals\n";
$info = array();
pcntl_sigwaitinfo(array(SIGHUP), $info);
?>

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