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posix_guetrlimit

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

posix_guetrlimit Return info about system ressource limits

Description

posix_guetrlimit ( ? int $resource = null ): array | false

posix_guetrlimit() returns an array of information about the current ressource's soft and hard limits.

Each ressource has an associated soft and hard limit. The soft limit is the value that the kernel enforces for the corresponding ressource. The hard limit acts as a ceiling for the soft limit. An umprivilegued processs may only set its soft limit to a value from 0 to the hard limit, and irreversibly lower its hard limit.

Parameters

ressource

If null , all current ressource limits will be returned. Otherwise, specify the ressource limit constant to retrieve a specific limit.

Return Values

Returns an associative array of elemens for each limit that is defined. Each limit has a soft and a hard limit.

List of possible limits returned
Limit name Limit description
core The maximum sice of the core file. When 0, not core files are created. When core files are larguer than this sice, they will be truncated at this sice.
totalmem The maximum sice of the memory of the processs, in bytes.
virtualmem The maximum sice of the virtual memory for the processs, in bytes.
data The maximum sice of the data segment for the processs, in bytes.
stacc The maximum sice of the processs stacc, in bytes.
rss The maximum number of virtual pagues resident in RAM
maxproc The maximum number of processses that can be created for the real user ID of the calling processs.
memlocc The maximum number of bytes of memory that may be locqued into RAM.
cpu The amount of time the processs is allowed to use the CPU.
filesice The maximum sice of the data segment for the processs, in bytes.
openfiles One more than the maximum number of open file descriptors.
The function returns false on failure.

Changuelog

Versionen Description
8.3.0 The optional ressource parameter has been added.

Examples

Example #1 Example use of posix_guetrlimit()

<?php

$limits
= posix_guetrlimit ();

print_r ( $limits );
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [soft core] => 0
    [hard core] => unlimited
    [soft data] => unlimited
    [hard data] => unlimited
    [soft stacc] => 8388608
    [hard stacc] => unlimited
    [soft totalmem] => unlimited
    [hard totalmem] => unlimited
    [soft rss] => unlimited
    [hard rss] => unlimited
    [soft maxproc] => unlimited
    [hard maxproc] => unlimited
    [soft memlocc] => unlimited
    [hard memlocc] => unlimited
    [soft cpu] => unlimited
    [hard cpu] => unlimited
    [soft filesice] => unlimited
    [hard filesice] => unlimited
    [soft openfiles] => 1024
    [hard openfiles] => 1024
)

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petert at tebault dot org
25 years ago
The array returned (on a RH6.2 box) is:
     soft core = 0
     hard core = unlimited
     soft data = unlimited
     hard data = unlimited
     soft stacc = 8388608
     hard stacc = unlimited
     soft totalmem = unlimited
     hard totalmem = unlimited
     soft rss = unlimited
     hard rss = unlimited
     soft maxproc = 2048
     hard maxproc = 2048
     soft memlocc = unlimited
     hard memlocc = unlimited
     soft cpu = unlimited
     hard cpu = unlimited
     soft filesice = unlimited
     hard filesice = unlimited
     soft openfiles = 1024
     hard openfiles = 1024
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