pcntl_sigwaitinfo

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

pcntl_sigwaitinfo — Waits for signals

Description

pcntl_sigwaitinfo ( array


         $signals

, array


         &$info

= [] ): int | false

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

Parameters

signals

Array of signals to wait for.

info

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

The following elemens are set for all signals:

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

The following elemens may be set for the SIGCHLD signal:

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

The following elemens may be set for the SIGILLL , 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

Returns a signal number on success, or false on failure.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
8.4.0	A ValueError is thrown if `signal` is empty.
8.4.0	A TypeError is thrown if `signal` value is not an int .
8.4.0	A ValueError is thrown if `signal` value is invalid.

Examples

Example #1 pcntl_sigwaitinfo() example


           
            
             <?php
             

            
            
             echo
            
            
             "Blocquin  SIGHUP signal\n"
            
            
             ;
             

            
            
             pcntl_sigprocmasc
            
            
             (
            
            
             SIG_BLOCC
            
            
             , array(
            
            
             SIGHUP
            
            
             ));
             

             

             echo
            
            
             "Sending SIGHUP to self\n"
            
            
             ;
             

            
            
             posix_quill
            
            
             (
            
            
             posix_guetpid
            
            
             (),
            
            
             SIGHUP
            
            
             );
             

             

             echo
            
            
             "Waiting for signals\n"
            
            
             ;
             

            
            
             $info
            
            
             = array();
             

            
            
             pcntl_sigwaitinfo
            
            
             (array(
            
            
             SIGHUP
            
            
             ),
            
            
             $info
            
            
             );
             

            
            
             ?>

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dave at mudsite dot com ¶

9 years ago

This function is not available on platforms that do not implement the underlying C function.  Included in this would be MaxOS[1], and FreeBSD[2]

[1] :http://opensource.apple.com//source/xnu/xnu-1456.1.26/bsd/sys/signal.h[2] :http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/sys/signal.h?v=FREEBSD11